#D4C950#D4C950

#D4C950 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.141 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C950
RGB	rgb(212, 201, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 62.3%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.81, -10.74, 59.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.81, 60.92, 100.16°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.0344 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.141 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.4878, 56.3513, 15.8580)
Luminance	0.5635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C950 #505BD4

analogous

#D48750 #D4C950 #9DD450

triadic

#D4C950 #50D4C9 #C950D4

tetradic

#D4C950 #50D487 #505BD4 #D4509D

square

#D4C950 #50D487 #505BD4 #D4509D

split-complementary

#D4C950 #509DD4 #8750D4

monochromatic

#888021 #B9AE2E #D4C950 #E0D881 #ECE7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D4C950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#D4C950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C950

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C950	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)

#DAC242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 201, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.141 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d986',
    500: '#d4c950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c950;
$custom-light: #e4d986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 60.55,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82228,
    "c": 0.1409,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C950

secondary

#3A418F

accent

#51E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C950

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

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