#D4C549#D4C549

#D4C549 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.143 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C549
RGB	rgb(212, 197, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 65.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.70, -9.14, 61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.70, 62.39, 98.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.0306 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.143 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.3222, 54.4126, 14.2594)
Luminance	0.5441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C549 #4958D4

analogous

#D47F49 #D4C549 #9DD449

triadic

#D4C549 #49D4C5 #C549D4

tetradic

#D4C549 #49D47F #4958D4 #D4499D

square

#D4C549 #49D47F #4958D4 #D4499D

split-complementary

#D4C549 #499DD4 #7F49D4

monochromatic

#84791F #B5A62B #D4C549 #E0D57B #EBE5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D4C549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#D4C549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C549

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C549	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 197, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.143 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d682',
    500: '#d4c549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c549;
$custom-light: #e5d682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.525,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81327,
    "c": 0.1426,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C549

secondary

#37408A

accent

#54E543

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C549

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

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