#D4C649#D4C649

#D4C649 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.143 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C649
RGB	rgb(212, 198, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 65.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -9.65, 61.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 62.73, 98.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.032 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.143 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.5500, 54.8682, 14.3353)
Luminance	0.5487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C649 #4957D4

analogous

#D48049 #D4C649 #9CD449

triadic

#D4C649 #49D4C6 #C649D4

tetradic

#D4C649 #49D480 #4957D4 #D4499C

square

#D4C649 #49D480 #4957D4 #D4499C

split-complementary

#D4C649 #499CD4 #8049D4

monochromatic

#84791F #B5A72B #D4C649 #E0D67B #EBE5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D4C649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#D4C649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C649

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C649	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 198, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.143 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d782',
    500: '#d4c649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c649;
$custom-light: #e5d782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.957,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81536,
    "c": 0.14348,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C649

secondary

#373F8A

accent

#53E543

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C649

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

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