#D4C53B#D4C53B

#D4C53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.152 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C53B
RGB	rgb(212, 197, 59)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 72.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -9.86, 67.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 67.72, 98.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0341 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.152 103)
XYZ	xyz(47.9092, 54.2473, 12.0840)
Luminance	0.5424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C53B #3B4AD4

analogous

#D4793B #D4C53B #96D43B

triadic

#D4C53B #3BD4C5 #C53BD4

tetradic

#D4C53B #3BD479 #3B4AD4 #D43B96

square

#D4C53B #3BD479 #3B4AD4 #D43B96

split-complementary

#D4C53B #3B96D4 #793BD4

monochromatic

#7A711B #AC9F26 #D4C53B #DFD46D #EAE39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D4C53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#D4C53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C53B

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C53B	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)

#D7BF23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 197, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.152 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d67a',
    500: '#d4c53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c53b;
$custom-light: #e5d67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.118,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8122,
    "c": 0.15196,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.54245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C53B

secondary

#313982

accent

#51E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C53B

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

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