#D4BE41#D4BE41

#D4BE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.142 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4BE41
RGB	rgb(212, 190, 65)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 69.3%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, -5.98, 62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 63.26, 95.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.0225 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.142 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.5211, 51.2078, 12.4337)
Luminance	0.5121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4BE41 #4157D4

analogous

#D47441 #D4BE41 #A1D441

triadic

#D4BE41 #41D4BE #BE41D4

tetradic

#D4BE41 #41D474 #4157D4 #D441A1

square

#D4BE41 #41D474 #4157D4 #D441A1

split-complementary

#D4BE41 #41A1D4 #7441D4

monochromatic

#7E6F1D #B09C28 #D4BE41 #DFCF73 #EBE0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D4BE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#D4BE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4BE41

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4BE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4BE41	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B92F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4be41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 190, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.142 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d17d',
    500: '#d4be41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4be41;
$custom-light: #e5d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4be41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.02,
    "s": 63.09,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79802,
    "c": 0.14242,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4BE41

secondary

#344085

accent

#5AE642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4BE41

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

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