#D4CC4E#D4CC4E

#D4CC4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.145 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4CC4E
RGB	rgb(212, 204, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 63.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.59, -12.39, 61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.59, 62.87, 101.36°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% -0.0393 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.145 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.1212, 57.7346, 15.7100)
Luminance	0.5773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4CC4E #4E56D4

analogous

#D4894E #D4CC4E #99D44E

triadic

#D4CC4E #4ED4CC #CC4ED4

tetradic

#D4CC4E #4ED489 #4E56D4 #D44E99

square

#D4CC4E #4ED489 #4E56D4 #D44E99

split-complementary

#D4CC4E #4E99D4 #894ED4

monochromatic

#878121 #B8B02D #D4CC4E #E0DA7F #ECE8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D4CC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#D4CC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4CC4E

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4CC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4CC4E	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4cc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 204, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.145 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4db85',
    500: '#d4cc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4cc4e;
$custom-light: #e4db85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4cc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.418,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82842,
    "c": 0.14529,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4CC4E

secondary

#393E8D

accent

#4DE444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4CC4E

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

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