#D4C857#D4C857

#D4C857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.134 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C857
RGB	rgb(212, 200, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 59%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, -9.77, 56.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 57.54, 99.77°)
OKLab	oklab(82.09% -0.0308 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(82.09% 0.134 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.5277, 55.9955, 17.2143)
Luminance	0.5599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C857 #5763D4

analogous

#D48957 #D4C857 #A1D457

triadic

#D4C857 #57D4C8 #C857D4

tetradic

#D4C857 #57D489 #5763D4 #D457A1

square

#D4C857 #57D489 #5763D4 #D457A1

split-complementary

#D4C857 #57A1D4 #8957D4

monochromatic

#8D8324 #BDB030 #D4C857 #E0D888 #EDE8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D4C857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#D4C857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C857

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C857	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)

#D8C24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 200, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.134 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d88a',
    500: '#d4c857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c857;
$custom-light: #e4d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.24,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82087,
    "c": 0.13422,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C857

secondary

#3D4593

accent

#54E245

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C857

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

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