#D4C656#D4C656

#D4C656 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.133 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C656
RGB	rgb(212, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 59.4%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, -8.82, 56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 57.23, 98.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.0282 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.133 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.0270, 55.0590, 16.8472)
Luminance	0.5506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C656 #5664D4

analogous

#D48756 #D4C656 #A3D456

triadic

#D4C656 #56D4C6 #C656D4

tetradic

#D4C656 #56D487 #5664D4 #D456A3

square

#D4C656 #56D487 #5664D4 #D456A3

split-complementary

#D4C656 #56A3D4 #8756D4

monochromatic

#8C8024 #BDAD30 #D4C656 #E0D687 #EDE7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D4C656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#D4C656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C656

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C656	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.133 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d78a',
    500: '#d4c656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c656;
$custom-light: #e4d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81659,
    "c": 0.13321,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C656

secondary

#3C4692

accent

#57E345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C656

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

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