#D4C840#D4C840

#D4C840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.151 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C840
RGB	rgb(212, 200, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.43, -11.15, 65.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.43, 66.91, 99.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.0372 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.151 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.7331, 55.6777, 13.0293)
Luminance	0.5568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C840 #404CD4

analogous

#D47E40 #D4C840 #96D440

triadic

#D4C840 #40D4C8 #C840D4

tetradic

#D4C840 #40D47E #404CD4 #D44096

square

#D4C840 #40D47E #404CD4 #D44096

split-complementary

#D4C840 #4096D4 #7E40D4

monochromatic

#7D751C #AFA427 #D4C840 #DFD672 #EAE5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D4C840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#D4C840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C840

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C840	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 200, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.151 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d87d',
    500: '#d4c840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c840;
$custom-light: #e5d87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81885,
    "c": 0.15145,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C840

secondary

#333A85

accent

#4FE642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C840

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

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