#D4C44D#D4C44D

#D4C44D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.139 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C44D
RGB	rgb(212, 196, 77)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 63.7%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -8.38, 59.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 60.39, 97.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% -0.028 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.139 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.2328, 54.0147, 14.9050)
Luminance	0.5401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C44D #4D5DD4

analogous

#D4814D #D4C44D #A1D44D

triadic

#D4C44D #4DD4C4 #C44DD4

tetradic

#D4C44D #4DD481 #4D5DD4 #D44DA1

square

#D4C44D #4DD481 #4D5DD4 #D44DA1

split-complementary

#D4C44D #4DA1D4 #814DD4

monochromatic

#867A20 #B7A72C #D4C44D #E0D47E #ECE5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D4C44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#D4C44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C44D

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C44D	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 196, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.139 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d584',
    500: '#d4c44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c44d;
$custom-light: #e4d584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.889,
    "s": 61.086,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81153,
    "c": 0.13871,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C44D

secondary

#38428D

accent

#57E444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C44D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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