#D4CA59#D4CA59

#D4CA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.134 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4CA59
RGB	rgb(212, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 58%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.16, -10.64, 56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.16, 57.41, 100.68°)
OKLab	oklab(82.53% -0.0331 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(82.53% 0.134 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.0768, 56.9611, 17.8060)
Luminance	0.5696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4CA59 #5963D4

analogous

#D48D59 #D4CA59 #A1D459

triadic

#D4CA59 #59D4CA #CA59D4

tetradic

#D4CA59 #59D48D #5963D4 #D459A1

square

#D4CA59 #59D48D #5963D4 #D459A1

split-complementary

#D4CA59 #59A1D4 #8D59D4

monochromatic

#8E8525 #BEB331 #D4CA59 #E1DA8A #EDE9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#D4CA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#D4CA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4CA59

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4CA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4CA59	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4ca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.134 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d98c',
    500: '#d4ca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4ca59;
$custom-light: #e4d98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4ca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.122,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82528,
    "c": 0.13442,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4CA59

secondary

#3E4594

accent

#52E246

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4CA59

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

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