#D4C856#D4C856

#D4C856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.135 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C856
RGB	rgb(212, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 59.4%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.60, -9.84, 57.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.60, 57.98, 99.77°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.0311 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.135 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.4871, 55.9793, 17.0006)
Luminance	0.5598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C856 #5662D4

analogous

#D48956 #D4C856 #A1D456

triadic

#D4C856 #56D4C8 #C856D4

tetradic

#D4C856 #56D489 #5662D4 #D456A1

square

#D4C856 #56D489 #5662D4 #D456A1

split-complementary

#D4C856 #56A1D4 #8956D4

monochromatic

#8C8224 #BDAF30 #D4C856 #E0D887 #EDE8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D4C856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#D4C856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C856

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C856	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.135 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d88a',
    500: '#d4c856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c856;
$custom-light: #e4d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82077,
    "c": 0.13507,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C856

secondary

#3C4492

accent

#54E345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C856

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

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