#D4C74A#D4C74A

#D4C74A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.144 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C74A
RGB	rgb(212, 199, 74)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 65.1%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.24, -10.10, 61.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.24, 62.68, 99.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.0332 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.144 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.8128, 55.3402, 14.5878)
Luminance	0.5534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C74A #4A57D4

analogous

#D4824A #D4C74A #9CD44A

triadic

#D4C74A #4AD4C7 #C74AD4

tetradic

#D4C74A #4AD482 #4A57D4 #D44A9C

square

#D4C74A #4AD482 #4A57D4 #D44A9C

split-complementary

#D4C74A #4A9CD4 #824AD4

monochromatic

#847B1F #B6A92B #D4C74A #E0D67B #EBE6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#D4C74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#D4C74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C74A

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C74A	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C13A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 199, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.144 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d783',
    500: '#d4c74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c74a;
$custom-light: #e4d783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.348,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81754,
    "c": 0.14364,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C74A

secondary

#373F8B

accent

#52E543

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C74A

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

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