#D4CA40#D4CA40

#D4CA40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.153 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4CA40
RGB	rgb(212, 202, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.96, -12.16, 66.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.96, 67.60, 100.36°)
OKLab	oklab(82.31% -0.0401 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(82.31% 0.153 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.1993, 56.6101, 13.1848)
Luminance	0.5661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4CA40 #404AD4

analogous

#D48040 #D4CA40 #94D440

triadic

#D4CA40 #40D4CA #CA40D4

tetradic

#D4CA40 #40D480 #404AD4 #D44094

square

#D4CA40 #40D480 #404AD4 #D44094

split-complementary

#D4CA40 #4094D4 #8040D4

monochromatic

#7D771C #AFA627 #D4CA40 #DFD872 #EAE6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#D4CA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#D4CA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4CA40

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4CA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4CA40	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC32A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4ca40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 202, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.153 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d97d',
    500: '#d4ca40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4ca40;
$custom-light: #e5d97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4ca40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.946,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82307,
    "c": 0.15323,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4CA40

secondary

#333985

accent

#4DE642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4CA40

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

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