#D4C94B#D4C94B

#D4C94B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.145 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C94B
RGB	rgb(212, 201, 75)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 64.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.77, -11.05, 62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.77, 62.99, 100.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% -0.0358 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.145 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.3099, 56.2802, 14.9210)
Luminance	0.5628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C94B #4B56D4

analogous

#D4854B #D4C94B #9BD44B

triadic

#D4C94B #4BD4C9 #C94BD4

tetradic

#D4C94B #4BD485 #4B56D4 #D44B9B

square

#D4C94B #4BD485 #4B56D4 #D44B9B

split-complementary

#D4C94B #4B9BD4 #854BD4

monochromatic

#857D20 #B6AB2C #D4C94B #E0D87C #ECE7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D4C94B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#D4C94B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C94B

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C94B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C94B	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC23B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c94b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 201, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.145 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d983',
    500: '#d4c94b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c94b;
$custom-light: #e4d983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c94b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.182,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82183,
    "c": 0.14473,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C94B

secondary

#383E8C

accent

#50E543

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C94B

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

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