#D4BE42#D4BE42

#D4BE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.142 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4BE42
RGB	rgb(212, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -5.93, 62.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 62.87, 95.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0222 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.142 99)
XYZ	xyz(46.5503, 51.2195, 12.5876)
Luminance	0.5122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4BE42 #4258D4

analogous

#D47542 #D4BE42 #A1D442

triadic

#D4BE42 #42D4BE #BE42D4

tetradic

#D4BE42 #42D475 #4258D4 #D442A1

square

#D4BE42 #42D475 #4258D4 #D442A1

split-complementary

#D4BE42 #42A1D4 #7542D4

monochromatic

#7F701D #B19C28 #D4BE42 #DFCF74 #EBE0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D4BE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#D4BE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4BE42

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4BE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4BE42	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)

#D0B930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4be42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.142 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d17d',
    500: '#d4be42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4be42;
$custom-light: #e5d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4be42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.959,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7981,
    "c": 0.14174,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.51217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4BE42

secondary

#344086

accent

#5BE642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4BE42

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

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