#D4CB42#D4CB42

#D4CB42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.153 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4CB42
RGB	rgb(212, 203, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, -12.56, 66.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 67.22, 100.77°)
OKLab	oklab(82.53% -0.041 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(82.53% 0.153 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.4926, 57.1041, 13.5683)
Luminance	0.5710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4CB42 #424BD4

analogous

#D48242 #D4CB42 #94D442

triadic

#D4CB42 #42D4CB #CB42D4

tetradic

#D4CB42 #42D482 #424BD4 #D44294

square

#D4CB42 #42D482 #424BD4 #D44294

split-complementary

#D4CB42 #4294D4 #8242D4

monochromatic

#7F791D #B1A828 #D4CB42 #DFD974 #EBE6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#D4CB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#D4CB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4CB42

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4CB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4CB42	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)

#DCC42D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4cb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 203, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.153 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5da7e',
    500: '#d4cb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4cb42;
$custom-light: #e5da7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4cb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.301,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82533,
    "c": 0.15286,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4CB42

secondary

#343986

accent

#4CE642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4CB42

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

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