#D4CC40#D4CC40

#D4CC40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.155 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4CC40
RGB	rgb(212, 204, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, -13.17, 67.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 68.31, 101.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82.73% -0.0429 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(82.73% 0.155 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.6716, 57.5547, 13.3422)
Luminance	0.5755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4CC40 #4048D4

analogous

#D48240 #D4CC40 #92D440

triadic

#D4CC40 #40D4CC #CC40D4

tetradic

#D4CC40 #40D482 #4048D4 #D44092

square

#D4CC40 #40D482 #4048D4 #D44092

split-complementary

#D4CC40 #4092D4 #8240D4

monochromatic

#7D781C #AFA827 #D4CC40 #DFD972 #EAE7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D4CC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#D4CC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4CC40

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4CC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4CC40	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4cc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 204, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.155 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5db7d',
    500: '#d4cc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4cc40;
$custom-light: #e5db7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4cc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.757,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8273,
    "c": 0.15507,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4CC40

secondary

#333885

accent

#4AE642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4CC40

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

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