#D1BE42#D1BE42

#D1BE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.142 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D1BE42
RGB	rgb(209, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 68.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -7.21, 62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 62.65, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.0257 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.142 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6933, 50.7776, 12.5474)
Luminance	0.5078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D1BE42 #4255D1

analogous

#D17742 #D1BE42 #9DD142

triadic

#D1BE42 #42D1BE #BE42D1

tetradic

#D1BE42 #42D177 #4255D1 #D1429D

square

#D1BE42 #42D177 #4255D1 #D1429D

split-complementary

#D1BE42 #429DD1 #7742D1

monochromatic

#7B6E1E #AC9B2A #D1BE42 #DDCF73 #E9E0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#D1BE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#D1BE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D1BE42

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D1BE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D1BE42	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d1be42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(209, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.142 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3d17d',
    500: '#d1be42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d1be42;
$custom-light: #e3d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d1be42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 209,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.028,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79534,
    "c": 0.14168,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D1BE42

secondary

#353F83

accent

#59E444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D1BE42

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

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