#D4C539#D4C539

#D4C539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.153 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C539
RGB	rgb(212, 197, 57)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 73.1%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -9.95, 67.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 68.42, 98.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.0345 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.153 103)
XYZ	xyz(47.8583, 54.2270, 11.8161)
Luminance	0.5423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C539 #3948D4

analogous

#D47839 #D4C539 #95D439

triadic

#D4C539 #39D4C5 #C539D4

tetradic

#D4C539 #39D478 #3948D4 #D43995

square

#D4C539 #39D478 #3948D4 #D43995

split-complementary

#D4C539 #3995D4 #7839D4

monochromatic

#786F1A #AB9E25 #D4C539 #DFD46B #EAE29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D4C539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#D4C539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C539

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C539	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 197, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.153 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d679',
    500: '#d4c539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c539;
$custom-light: #e5d679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 64.315,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81206,
    "c": 0.15313,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.54225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C539

secondary

#313880

accent

#51E740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C539

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

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