#d4b915

Color #d4b915

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Goldenrod #daa520 · ΔE 15.23 Nearest Tailwind class amber-300 #ffd230 · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#d4b915

RGB

rgb(212, 185, 21)

HSL

hsl(51.5, 82%, 45.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(51.5, 90.1%, 83.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 90.1%, 16.9%)

LAB

lab(75.3, -4.87, 74.46)

LCH

lch(75.3, 74.62, 93.74)

OKLCH

oklch(78.5%, 0.159, 98.28)

HWB

hwb(51.5, 8.2%, 16.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1530d4

Analogous

#d45915

#d4b915

#90d415

Triadic

#d4b915

#15d4b9

#b915d4

Split-complementary

#d4b915

#1590d4

#5915d4

Tetradic

#d4b915

#30d415

#1530d4

#b915d4

Square

#d4b915

#15d459

#1530d4

#d41590

Shades

Color #d4b915 mixed toward black.

#b19a11

#8d7b0e

#6a5d0a

#473e07

#231f03

Tints

Color #d4b915 mixed toward white.

#eacf2d

#eed957

#f3e281

#f7ecab

#fbf5d5

Tones

Color #d4b915 mixed toward gray.

#c4ae25

#b4a235

#a49745

#948b55

#848065

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c9c962 · ΔE 9.8

Deuteranopia

#cacc6c · ΔE 11.1

Tritanopia

#d38085 · ΔE 43.6

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 27.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #d4b915;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#d4b915]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#d4b915 (#d4b915) is rgb(212, 185, 21) in RGB.

No, #d4b915 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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