#D4CB40#D4CB40

#D4CB40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.154 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4CB40
RGB	rgb(212, 203, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, -12.66, 66.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 67.95, 100.74°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% -0.0415 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.154 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.4347, 57.0809, 13.2632)
Luminance	0.5708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4CB40 #4049D4

analogous

#D48140 #D4CB40 #93D440

triadic

#D4CB40 #40D4CB #CB40D4

tetradic

#D4CB40 #40D481 #4049D4 #D44093

square

#D4CB40 #40D481 #4049D4 #D44093

split-complementary

#D4CB40 #4093D4 #8140D4

monochromatic

#7D771C #AFA727 #D4CB40 #DFD972 #EAE6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#D4CB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#D4CB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4CB40

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4CB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4CB40	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4cb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 203, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.154 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5da7d',
    500: '#d4cb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4cb40;
$custom-light: #e5da7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4cb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.351,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82518,
    "c": 0.15414,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4CB40

secondary

#333885

accent

#4CE642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4CB40

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

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