#D4C94E#D4C94E

#D4C94E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.142 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C94E
RGB	rgb(212, 201, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 63.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.80, -10.87, 60.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.80, 61.76, 100.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% -0.035 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.142 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.4150, 56.3222, 15.4746)
Luminance	0.5632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C94E #4E59D4

analogous

#D4864E #D4C94E #9CD44E

triadic

#D4C94E #4ED4C9 #C94ED4

tetradic

#D4C94E #4ED486 #4E59D4 #D44E9C

square

#D4C94E #4ED486 #4E59D4 #D44E9C

split-complementary

#D4C94E #4E9CD4 #864ED4

monochromatic

#877E21 #B8AD2D #D4C94E #E0D87F #ECE7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D4C94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#D4C94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C94E

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C94E	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)

#DAC23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 201, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.142 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d985',
    500: '#d4c94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c94e;
$custom-light: #e4d985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.075,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8221,
    "c": 0.14246,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C94E

secondary

#39408D

accent

#51E444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C94E

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

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