#D4C455#D4C455

#D4C455 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.132 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C455
RGB	rgb(212, 196, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 59.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, -7.86, 56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 56.95, 97.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.0256 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.132 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.5328, 54.1347, 16.4852)
Luminance	0.5413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C455 #5565D4

analogous

#D48455 #D4C455 #A4D455

triadic

#D4C455 #55D4C4 #C455D4

tetradic

#D4C455 #55D484 #5565D4 #D455A4

square

#D4C455 #55D484 #5565D4 #D455A4

split-complementary

#D4C455 #55A4D4 #8455D4

monochromatic

#8B7E23 #BCAA30 #D4C455 #E0D586 #EDE6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D4C455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#D4C455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C455

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C455	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 196, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.132 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d589',
    500: '#d4c455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c455;
$custom-light: #e4d589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.441,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81231,
    "c": 0.13225,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C455

secondary

#3C4791

accent

#59E345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C455

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

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