#D4C94A#D4C94A

#D4C94A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.145 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C94A
RGB	rgb(212, 201, 74)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 65.1%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.77, -11.11, 62.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.77, 63.40, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% -0.0361 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.145 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.2759, 56.2666, 14.7422)
Luminance	0.5626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C94A #4A55D4

analogous

#D4844A #D4C94A #9AD44A

triadic

#D4C94A #4AD4C9 #C94AD4

tetradic

#D4C94A #4AD484 #4A55D4 #D44A9A

square

#D4C94A #4AD484 #4A55D4 #D44A9A

split-complementary

#D4C94A #4A9AD4 #844AD4

monochromatic

#847C1F #B6AB2B #D4C94A #E0D87B #EBE7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D4C94A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#D4C94A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C94A

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C94A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C94A	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c94a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 201, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.145 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d983',
    500: '#d4c94a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c94a;
$custom-light: #e4d983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c94a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.217,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82175,
    "c": 0.14547,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C94A

secondary

#373E8B

accent

#50E543

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C94A

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

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