#D4C44F#D4C44F

#D4C44F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.137 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C44F
RGB	rgb(212, 196, 79)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 62.7%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -8.26, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 59.55, 97.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% -0.0274 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.137 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.3045, 54.0434, 15.2826)
Luminance	0.5404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C44F #4F5FD4

analogous

#D4824F #D4C44F #A2D44F

triadic

#D4C44F #4FD4C4 #C44FD4

tetradic

#D4C44F #4FD482 #4F5FD4 #D44FA2

square

#D4C44F #4FD482 #4F5FD4 #D44FA2

split-complementary

#D4C44F #4FA2D4 #824FD4

monochromatic

#877B21 #B9A82D #D4C44F #E0D480 #ECE5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D4C44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#D4C44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C44F

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C44F	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 196, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.137 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d585',
    500: '#d4c44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c44f;
$custom-light: #e4d585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.782,
    "s": 60.731,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81172,
    "c": 0.13715,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C44F

secondary

#39438E

accent

#57E444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C44F

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

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