#D4C849#D4C849

#D4C849 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.145 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C849
RGB	rgb(212, 200, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 65.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.49, -10.66, 62.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.49, 63.44, 99.68°)
OKLab	oklab(81.96% -0.0349 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(81.96% 0.145 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.0102, 55.7885, 14.4887)
Luminance	0.5579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C849 #4955D4

analogous

#D48249 #D4C849 #9AD449

triadic

#D4C849 #49D4C8 #C849D4

tetradic

#D4C849 #49D482 #4955D4 #D4499A

square

#D4C849 #49D482 #4955D4 #D4499A

split-complementary

#D4C849 #499AD4 #8249D4

monochromatic

#847B1F #B5A92B #D4C849 #E0D77B #EBE6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D4C849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#D4C849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C849

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C849	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 200, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.145 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d882',
    500: '#d4c849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c849;
$custom-light: #e5d882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.82,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81956,
    "c": 0.14528,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C849

secondary

#373E8A

accent

#51E543

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C849

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

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