#D4CE4E#D4CE4E

#D4CE4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.147 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4CE4E
RGB	rgb(212, 206, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 63.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.12, -13.39, 62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.12, 63.62, 102.15°)
OKLab	oklab(83.26% -0.0421 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(83.26% 0.147 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.5996, 58.6914, 15.8694)
Luminance	0.5869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4CE4E #4E54D4

analogous

#D48B4E #D4CE4E #97D44E

triadic

#D4CE4E #4ED4CE #CE4ED4

tetradic

#D4CE4E #4ED48B #4E54D4 #D44E97

square

#D4CE4E #4ED48B #4E54D4 #D44E97

split-complementary

#D4CE4E #4E97D4 #8B4ED4

monochromatic

#878221 #B8B22D #D4CE4E #E0DC7F #ECE9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D4CE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#D4CE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4CE4E

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4CE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4CE4E	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3C1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4ce4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 206, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.147 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4dc85',
    500: '#d4ce4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4ce4e;
$custom-light: #e4dc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4ce4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.313,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83264,
    "c": 0.14722,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4CE4E

secondary

#393D8D

accent

#4BE444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4CE4E

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

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