#D4CD40#D4CD40

#D4CD40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.156 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4CD40
RGB	rgb(212, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.76, -13.67, 67.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.76, 68.66, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(82.94% -0.0443 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(82.94% 0.156 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.9100, 58.0316, 13.4217)
Luminance	0.5803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4CD40 #4047D4

analogous

#D48340 #D4CD40 #91D440

triadic

#D4CD40 #40D4CD #CD40D4

tetradic

#D4CD40 #40D483 #4047D4 #D44091

square

#D4CD40 #40D483 #4047D4 #D44091

split-complementary

#D4CD40 #4091D4 #8340D4

monochromatic

#7D791C #AFA927 #D4CD40 #DFDA72 #EAE7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D4CD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#D4CD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4CD40

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4CD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4CD40	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4cd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.156 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5dc7e',
    500: '#d4cd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4cd40;
$custom-light: #e5dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4cd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.162,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82941,
    "c": 0.15599,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4CD40

secondary

#333785

accent

#49E642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4CD40

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

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