#D4C450#D4C450

#D4C450 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.136 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C450
RGB	rgb(212, 196, 80)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 62.3%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.50, -8.20, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.50, 59.12, 97.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.0271 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.136 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.3412, 54.0581, 15.4758)
Luminance	0.5406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C450 #5060D4

analogous

#D48250 #D4C450 #A2D450

triadic

#D4C450 #50D4C4 #C450D4

tetradic

#D4C450 #50D482 #5060D4 #D450A2

square

#D4C450 #50D482 #5060D4 #D450A2

split-complementary

#D4C450 #50A2D4 #8250D4

monochromatic

#887C21 #B9A82E #D4C450 #E0D581 #ECE5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D4C450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#D4C450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C450

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C450	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)

#D5BE42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 196, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.136 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d586',
    500: '#d4c450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c450;
$custom-light: #e4d586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 60.55,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81181,
    "c": 0.13635,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C450

secondary

#3A448F

accent

#57E444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C450

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

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