#D4C523#D4C523

#D4C523 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.164 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C523
RGB	rgb(212, 197, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 83.5%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -10.72, 74.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 74.91, 98.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.09% -0.0385 0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(81.09% 0.164 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.4233, 54.0530, 9.5251)
Luminance	0.5405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C523 #2332D4

analogous

#D46C23 #D4C523 #8AD423

triadic

#D4C523 #23D4C5 #C523D4

tetradic

#D4C523 #23D46C #2332D4 #D4238A

square

#D4C523 #23D46C #2332D4 #D4238A

split-complementary

#D4C523 #238AD4 #6C23D4

monochromatic

#6B6312 #9F941A #D4C523 #E2D652 #EBE386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D4C523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#D4C523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C523

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C523	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)

#D8BE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 197, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.164 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d670',
    500: '#d4c523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c523;
$custom-light: #e6d670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.915,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81094,
    "c": 0.16352,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C523

secondary

#272D75

accent

#49EE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#171408

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C523

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

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