#D1BE51#D1BE51

#D1BE51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.130 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D1BE51
RGB	rgb(209, 190, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 61.2%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -6.30, 56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 56.40, 96.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% -0.0214 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.13 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.1950, 50.9783, 15.1895)
Luminance	0.5098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D1BE51 #5164D1

analogous

#D17E51 #D1BE51 #A4D151

triadic

#D1BE51 #51D1BE #BE51D1

tetradic

#D1BE51 #51D17E #5164D1 #D151A4

square

#D1BE51 #51D17E #5164D1 #D151A4

split-complementary

#D1BE51 #51A4D1 #7E51D1

monochromatic

#857623 #B5A130 #D1BE51 #DED081 #EBE2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#D1BE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#D1BE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D1BE51

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D1BE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D1BE51	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d1be51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(209, 190, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.130 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2d186',
    500: '#d1be51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d1be51;
$custom-light: #e2d186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d1be51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 209,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.094,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7967,
    "c": 0.13029,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D1BE51

secondary

#3B478B

accent

#5DE146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D1BE51

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

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