#D4C74B#D4C74B

#D4C74B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.143 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C74B
RGB	rgb(212, 199, 75)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 64.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.24, -10.04, 61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.24, 62.27, 99.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% -0.0329 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.143 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.8467, 55.3538, 14.7666)
Luminance	0.5535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C74B #4B58D4

analogous

#D4834B #D4C74B #9DD44B

triadic

#D4C74B #4BD4C7 #C74BD4

tetradic

#D4C74B #4BD483 #4B58D4 #D44B9D

square

#D4C74B #4BD483 #4B58D4 #D44B9D

split-complementary

#D4C74B #4B9DD4 #834BD4

monochromatic

#857B20 #B6A92C #D4C74B #E0D67C #ECE6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#D4C74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#D4C74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C74B

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C74B	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)

#D8C13B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 199, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.143 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d783',
    500: '#d4c74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c74b;
$custom-light: #e4d783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.307,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81763,
    "c": 0.1429,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C74B

secondary

#38408C

accent

#53E543

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C74B

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

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