#D4C553#D4C553

#D4C553 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.135 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C553
RGB	rgb(212, 197, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 60.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -8.51, 57.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 58.18, 98.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.0277 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.135 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.6808, 54.5560, 16.1480)
Luminance	0.5455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C553 #5362D4

analogous

#D48453 #D4C553 #A3D453

triadic

#D4C553 #53D4C5 #C553D4

tetradic

#D4C553 #53D484 #5362D4 #D453A3

square

#D4C553 #53D484 #5362D4 #D453A3

split-complementary

#D4C553 #53A3D4 #8453D4

monochromatic

#8A7E23 #BBAB2F #D4C553 #E0D684 #ECE6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D4C553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#D4C553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C553

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C553	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 197, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.135 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d688',
    500: '#d4c553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c553;
$custom-light: #e4d688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.023,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81419,
    "c": 0.13481,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C553

secondary

#3B4590

accent

#57E345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C553

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

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