#D4CD42#D4CD42

#D4CD42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.155 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4CD42
RGB	rgb(212, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, -13.57, 66.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 67.93, 101.52°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% -0.0438 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.155 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.9680, 58.0548, 13.7268)
Luminance	0.5805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4CD42 #4249D4

analogous

#D48442 #D4CD42 #92D442

triadic

#D4CD42 #42D4CD #CD42D4

tetradic

#D4CD42 #42D484 #4249D4 #D44292

square

#D4CD42 #42D484 #4249D4 #D44292

split-complementary

#D4CD42 #4292D4 #8442D4

monochromatic

#7F7A1D #B1AA28 #D4CD42 #DFDA74 #EBE7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D4CD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#D4CD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4CD42

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4CD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4CD42	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)

#DEC52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4cd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.155 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5dc7f',
    500: '#d4cd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4cd42;
$custom-light: #e5dc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4cd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.123,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82956,
    "c": 0.15471,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4CD42

secondary

#343886

accent

#4AE642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4CD42

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

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