#D4C550#D4C550

#D4C550 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.137 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C550
RGB	rgb(212, 197, 80)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 62.3%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.76, -8.71, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.76, 59.47, 98.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.39% -0.0286 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(81.39% 0.137 102)
XYZ	xyz(48.5675, 54.5107, 15.5512)
Luminance	0.5451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C550 #505FD4

analogous

#D48350 #D4C550 #A1D450

triadic

#D4C550 #50D4C5 #C550D4

tetradic

#D4C550 #50D483 #505FD4 #D450A1

square

#D4C550 #50D483 #505FD4 #D450A1

split-complementary

#D4C550 #50A1D4 #8350D4

monochromatic

#887C21 #B9A92E #D4C550 #E0D581 #ECE6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D4C550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#D4C550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C550

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C550	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 197, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.137 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d686',
    500: '#d4c550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c550;
$custom-light: #e4d686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 60.55,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8139,
    "c": 0.13724,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.54509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C550

secondary

#3A438F

accent

#56E444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C550

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

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