#D4BE38#D4BE38

#D4BE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.148 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4BE38
RGB	rgb(212, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 73.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, -6.41, 66.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 66.60, 95.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% -0.0246 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.148 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.2809, 51.1117, 11.1684)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4BE38 #384ED4

analogous

#D47038 #D4BE38 #9CD438

triadic

#D4BE38 #38D4BE #BE38D4

tetradic

#D4BE38 #38D470 #384ED4 #D4389C

square

#D4BE38 #38D470 #384ED4 #D4389C

split-complementary

#D4BE38 #389CD4 #7038D4

monochromatic

#786A1A #AA9725 #D4BE38 #DFCE6A #EADF9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D4BE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#D4BE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4BE38

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4BE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4BE38	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)

#D0B920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4be38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.148 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d178',
    500: '#d4be38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4be38;
$custom-light: #e5d178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4be38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.538,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79738,
    "c": 0.14807,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4BE38

secondary

#303C80

accent

#58E740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4BE38

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

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