#D4C541#D4C541

#D4C541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.148 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C541
RGB	rgb(212, 197, 65)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 69.3%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.64, -9.57, 64.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.64, 65.52, 98.40°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.0327 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.148 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.0738, 54.3132, 12.9512)
Luminance	0.5431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C541 #4150D4

analogous

#D47C41 #D4C541 #99D441

triadic

#D4C541 #41D4C5 #C541D4

tetradic

#D4C541 #41D47C #4150D4 #D44199

square

#D4C541 #41D47C #4150D4 #D44199

split-complementary

#D4C541 #4199D4 #7C41D4

monochromatic

#7E741D #B0A228 #D4C541 #DFD473 #EBE3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D4C541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#D4C541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C541

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C541	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 197, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.148 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d67d',
    500: '#d4c541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c541;
$custom-light: #e5d67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.878,
    "s": 63.09,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81262,
    "c": 0.14818,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C541

secondary

#343C85

accent

#52E642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C541

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

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