#D4CD55#D4CD55

#D4CD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.141 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4CD55
RGB	rgb(212, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 59.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.91, -12.44, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.91, 60.31, 101.90°)
OKLab	oklab(83.12% -0.0386 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(83.12% 0.141 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.6241, 58.3172, 17.1822)
Luminance	0.5832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4CD55 #555CD4

analogous

#D48D55 #D4CD55 #9BD455

triadic

#D4CD55 #55D4CD #CD55D4

tetradic

#D4CD55 #55D48D #555CD4 #D4559B

square

#D4CD55 #55D48D #555CD4 #D4559B

split-complementary

#D4CD55 #559BD4 #8D55D4

monochromatic

#8B8623 #BCB430 #D4CD55 #E0DB86 #EDEAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D4CD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#D4CD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4CD55

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4CD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4CD55	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4cd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.141 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4dc8a',
    500: '#d4cd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4cd55;
$custom-light: #e4dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4cd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.693,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83118,
    "c": 0.14072,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4CD55

secondary

#3C4091

accent

#4EE345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4CD55

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

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