#D4CD51#D4CD51

#D4CD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.144 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4CD51
RGB	rgb(212, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 61.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.88, -12.70, 60.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.88, 62.01, 101.82°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% -0.0398 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.144 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.4696, 58.2554, 16.3689)
Luminance	0.5825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4CD51 #5158D4

analogous

#D48C51 #D4CD51 #99D451

triadic

#D4CD51 #51D4CD #CD51D4

tetradic

#D4CD51 #51D48C #5158D4 #D45199

square

#D4CD51 #51D48C #5158D4 #D45199

split-complementary

#D4CD51 #5199D4 #8C51D4

monochromatic

#898322 #BAB22E #D4CD51 #E0DB82 #ECE9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D4CD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#D4CD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4CD51

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4CD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4CD51	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4cd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.144 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4dc87',
    500: '#d4cd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4cd51;
$custom-light: #e4dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4cd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.794,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8308,
    "c": 0.14393,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4CD51

secondary

#3A3F8F

accent

#4DE444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4CD51

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

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