#D4C74E#D4C74E

#D4C74E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.141 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C74E
RGB	rgb(212, 199, 78)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 63.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, -9.85, 60.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 61.03, 99.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.0321 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.141 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.9518, 55.3958, 15.3202)
Luminance	0.5539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C74E #4E5BD4

analogous

#D4844E #D4C74E #9ED44E

triadic

#D4C74E #4ED4C7 #C74ED4

tetradic

#D4C74E #4ED484 #4E5BD4 #D44E9E

square

#D4C74E #4ED484 #4E5BD4 #D44E9E

split-complementary

#D4C74E #4E9ED4 #844ED4

monochromatic

#877D21 #B8AB2D #D4C74E #E0D77F #ECE6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#D4C74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#D4C74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C74E

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C74E	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 199, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.141 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d785',
    500: '#d4c74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c74e;
$custom-light: #e4d785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.179,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8179,
    "c": 0.14062,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C74E

secondary

#39418D

accent

#53E444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C74E

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

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