#D4C74C#D4C74C

#D4C74C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.142 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C74C
RGB	rgb(212, 199, 76)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 64.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.25, -9.98, 61.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.25, 61.86, 99.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.0326 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.142 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.8812, 55.3676, 14.9483)
Luminance	0.5537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C74C #4C59D4

analogous

#D4834C #D4C74C #9DD44C

triadic

#D4C74C #4CD4C7 #C74CD4

tetradic

#D4C74C #4CD483 #4C59D4 #D44C9D

square

#D4C74C #4CD483 #4C59D4 #D44C9D

split-complementary

#D4C74C #4C9DD4 #834CD4

monochromatic

#867C20 #B7AA2C #D4C74C #E0D67D #ECE6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#D4C74C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#D4C74C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C74C

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C74C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C74C	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)

#D8C13D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 199, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.142 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d784',
    500: '#d4c74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c74c;
$custom-light: #e4d784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.265,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81772,
    "c": 0.14215,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C74C

secondary

#38408C

accent

#53E443

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C74C

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

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