#D4C94F#D4C94F

#D4C94F 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 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C94F
RGB	rgb(212, 201, 79)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 62.7%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.81, -10.81, 60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.81, 61.34, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(82.22% -0.0347 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(82.22% 0.142 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.4511, 56.3367, 15.6648)
Luminance	0.5634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C94F #4F5AD4

analogous

#D4874F #D4C94F #9CD44F

triadic

#D4C94F #4FD4C9 #C94FD4

tetradic

#D4C94F #4FD487 #4F5AD4 #D44F9C

square

#D4C94F #4FD487 #4F5AD4 #D44F9C

split-complementary

#D4C94F #4F9CD4 #874FD4

monochromatic

#877F21 #B9AD2D #D4C94F #E0D880 #ECE7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D4C94F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#D4C94F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C94F

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C94F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C94F	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c94f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 201, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.142 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d986',
    500: '#d4c94f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c94f;
$custom-light: #e4d986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c94f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.038,
    "s": 60.731,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82219,
    "c": 0.14168,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C94F

secondary

#39408E

accent

#51E444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C94F

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →