#D4C557#D4C557

#D4C557 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.131 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C557
RGB	rgb(212, 197, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 59%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.82, -8.23, 55.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.82, 56.43, 98.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% -0.0264 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.131 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.8397, 54.6196, 16.9850)
Luminance	0.5462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C557 #5766D4

analogous

#D48657 #D4C557 #A4D457

triadic

#D4C557 #57D4C5 #C557D4

tetradic

#D4C557 #57D486 #5766D4 #D457A4

square

#D4C557 #57D486 #5766D4 #D457A4

split-complementary

#D4C557 #57A4D4 #8657D4

monochromatic

#8D8024 #BDAC30 #D4C557 #E0D688 #EDE7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D4C557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#D4C557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C557

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C557	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 197, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.131 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d68a',
    500: '#d4c557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c557;
$custom-light: #e4d68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8146,
    "c": 0.13145,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C557

secondary

#3D4793

accent

#58E245

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C557

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

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