HEX atlas value

#D4CC54

#D4CC54 is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Straw. RGB 212, 204, 84, HSL 56° 60% 58%, luminance 0.5782; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm earth-tone

#D4CC54 Sample readable text

HEX #D4CC54

RGB rgb(212, 204, 84)

HSL hsl(56 60% 58%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 4, 60, 17)

Luminance 0.5782

Contrast Black 12.56:1White 1.67:1

CSS

--color-d4cc54: #D4CC54;
.background-d4cc54 { background-color: #D4CC54; }
.text-d4cc54 { color: #D4CC54; }

HEX meaning and use

About #D4CC54

#D4CC54 is classified as a warm yellow value with earth tone visual character. #D4CC54 is visually closest to Straw, a named yellow color with HEX #E4D96F.

The RGB channels are 212, 204, and 84, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 56deg with 60% saturation and 58% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and natural palettes. Its luminance is 0.5782, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 33.97, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text12.56:1AA Pass

White text1.67:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #D4CC54 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000012.56:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.67:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#E7E29D#E7E29D · #000000 text · best 15.76:1 #ECE03C#ECE03C · #000000 text · best 15.29:1 Straw#E4D96F · #000000 text · best 14.45:1 #9CD454#9CD454 · #000000 text · best 11.96:1 Champagne Gold#D6B971 · #000000 text · best 11.04:1

Generated Palette

#D4CC54#D4CC54

#545CD4#545CD4

#D48B54#D48B54

#9CD454#9CD454

#E7E29D#E7E29D

#A39B29#A39B29

Color Harmonies

#545CD4#545CD4

#D48B54#D48B54

#9CD454#9CD454

#54D4CC#54D4CC

#CC54D4#CC54D4

Variants

#E7E29D#E7E29D

#A39B29#A39B29

#ECE03C#ECE03C

Dark Khaki#BDB76B

#E7E5C0#E7E5C0

#FFF352#FFF352

Nearest Named Colors

Straw#E4D96F

Old Gold#CFB53B

Champagne Gold#D6B971

Bamboo#C7B56E

Dark Khaki#BDB76B

Luminance0.5782

Black text12.56:1AA Pass

White text1.67:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#D4CC54","rgb":[212,204,84],"hsl":[56,60,58],"cmyk":[0,4,60,17],"luminance":0.5782,"contrast":{"black":12.56,"white":1.67}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":12.56,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.67,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#E7E29D","hex":"#E7E29D","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.76,"contrastWhite":1.33,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#ECE03C","hex":"#ECE03C","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.29,"contrastWhite":1.37,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Straw","hex":"#E4D96F","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.45,"contrastWhite":1.45,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#9CD454","hex":"#9CD454","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.96,"contrastWhite":1.76,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Champagne Gold","hex":"#D6B971","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.04,"contrastWhite":1.9,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","earth tone","earth tone yellow","Straw adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","natural palettes","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/d4cc54.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/straw.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/old-gold.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/champagne-gold.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#545CD4","analogous":["#D48B54","#9CD454"],"triadic":["#54D4CC","#CC54D4"],"tetradic":["#54D48B","#545CD4","#D4549C"],"splitComplementary":["#549CD4","#8B54D4"],"monochromatic":["#E7E29D","#D4CC54","#A39B29"]}

Variants

{"light":"#E7E29D","dark":"#A39B29","saturated":"#ECE03C","desaturated":"#BDB76B","pastel":"#E7E5C0","neon":"#FFF352"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"straw","name":"Straw","hex":"#E4D96F","distance":33.97057550292606},{"slug":"old-gold","name":"Old Gold","hex":"#CFB53B","distance":34.336569426778794},{"slug":"champagne-gold","name":"Champagne Gold","hex":"#D6B971","distance":34.72751070837067},{"slug":"bamboo","name":"Bamboo","hex":"#C7B56E","distance":37.067505985701274},{"slug":"dark-khaki","name":"Dark Khaki","hex":"#BDB76B","distance":38.71692136521188}]

#D4CC54

CSS

About #D4CC54

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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