#D1BE59#D1BE59

#D1BE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.123 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D1BE59
RGB	rgb(209, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 57.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.74, -5.74, 52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.74, 52.81, 96.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.0189 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.123 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.5129, 51.1054, 16.8635)
Luminance	0.5110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D1BE59 #596CD1

analogous

#D18259 #D1BE59 #A8D159

triadic

#D1BE59 #59D1BE #BE59D1

tetradic

#D1BE59 #59D182 #596CD1 #D159A8

square

#D1BE59 #59D182 #596CD1 #D159A8

split-complementary

#D1BE59 #59A8D1 #8259D1

monochromatic

#897A26 #B9A433 #D1BE59 #DED189 #ECE4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D1BE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#D1BE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D1BE59

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D1BE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D1BE59	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d1be59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(209, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.123 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2d18b',
    500: '#d1be59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d1be59;
$custom-light: #e2d18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d1be59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 209,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79756,
    "c": 0.1234,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D1BE59

secondary

#3E4B90

accent

#60E048

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D1BE59

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

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