#D4CD4E#D4CD4E

#D4CD4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.146 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4CD4E
RGB	rgb(212, 205, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 63.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.86, -12.89, 61.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.86, 63.25, 101.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.05% -0.0407 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(83.05% 0.146 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.3596, 58.2114, 15.7894)
Luminance	0.5821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4CD4E #4E55D4

analogous

#D48A4E #D4CD4E #98D44E

triadic

#D4CD4E #4ED4CD #CD4ED4

tetradic

#D4CD4E #4ED48A #4E55D4 #D44E98

square

#D4CD4E #4ED48A #4E55D4 #D44E98

split-complementary

#D4CD4E #4E98D4 #8A4ED4

monochromatic

#878221 #B8B12D #D4CD4E #E0DB7F #ECE9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D4CD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#D4CD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4CD4E

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4CD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4CD4E	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4cd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 205, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.146 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4dc85',
    500: '#d4cd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4cd4e;
$custom-light: #e4dc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4cd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.866,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83053,
    "c": 0.14625,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4CD4E

secondary

#393D8D

accent

#4CE444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4CD4E

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

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