#D4D040#D4D040

#D4D040 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.159 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4D040
RGB	rgb(212, 208, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.56, -15.17, 68.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.56, 69.74, 102.56°)
OKLab	oklab(83.58% -0.0486 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(83.58% 0.159 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.6346, 59.4806, 13.6632)
Luminance	0.5948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4D040 #4044D4

analogous

#D48640 #D4D040 #8ED440

triadic

#D4D040 #40D4D0 #D040D4

tetradic

#D4D040 #40D486 #4044D4 #D4408E

square

#D4D040 #40D486 #4044D4 #D4408E

split-complementary

#D4D040 #408ED4 #8640D4

monochromatic

#7D7B1C #AFAC27 #D4D040 #DFDC72 #EAE9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#D4D040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#D4D040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4D040

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4D040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4D040	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4d040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 208, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.159 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5de7e',
    500: '#d4d040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4d040;
$custom-light: #e5de7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4d040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.378,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83578,
    "c": 0.15881,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4D040

secondary

#333685

accent

#46E642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4D040

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

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