#D4C940#D4C940

#D4C940 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.152 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C940
RGB	rgb(212, 201, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, -11.65, 66.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 67.26, 99.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.1% -0.0387 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.152 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.9654, 56.1424, 13.1068)
Luminance	0.5614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C940 #404BD4

analogous

#D47F40 #D4C940 #95D440

triadic

#D4C940 #40D4C9 #C940D4

tetradic

#D4C940 #40D47F #404BD4 #D44095

square

#D4C940 #40D47F #404BD4 #D44095

split-complementary

#D4C940 #4095D4 #7F40D4

monochromatic

#7D761C #AFA527 #D4C940 #DFD772 #EAE5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D4C940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#D4C940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C940

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C940	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC22A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 201, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.152 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d97d',
    500: '#d4c940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c940;
$custom-light: #e5d97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.541,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82096,
    "c": 0.15234,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C940

secondary

#333985

accent

#4EE642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C940

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

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