#D4D261#D4D261

#D4D261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.135 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4D261
RGB	rgb(212, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 54.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.35, -14.07, 55.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.35, 57.06, 104.27°)
OKLab	oklab(84.3% -0.042 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(84.3% 0.135 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.3571, 60.9547, 20.3144)
Luminance	0.6095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4D261 #6163D4

analogous

#D49961 #D4D261 #9CD461

triadic

#D4D261 #61D4D2 #D261D4

tetradic

#D4D261 #61D499 #6163D4 #D4619C

square

#D4D261 #61D499 #6163D4 #D4619C

split-complementary

#D4D261 #619CD4 #9961D4

monochromatic

#939128 #C3C035 #D4D261 #E1E091 #EEEDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#D4D261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#D4D261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4D261

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4D261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4D261	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CB56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1C6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4d261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.135 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4df91',
    500: '#d4d261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4d261;
$custom-light: #e4df91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4d261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.957,
    "s": 57.214,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84301,
    "c": 0.13548,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4D261

secondary

#414398

accent

#24C521

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4D261

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

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