#D4BE44#D4BE44

#D4BE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.140 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4BE44
RGB	rgb(212, 190, 68)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 67.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, -5.82, 61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 62.08, 95.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.0217 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.14 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.6103, 51.2435, 12.9036)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4BE44 #445AD4

analogous

#D47644 #D4BE44 #A2D444

triadic

#D4BE44 #44D4BE #BE44D4

tetradic

#D4BE44 #44D476 #445AD4 #D444A2

square

#D4BE44 #44D476 #445AD4 #D444A2

split-complementary

#D4BE44 #44A2D4 #7644D4

monochromatic

#80711D #B29D29 #D4BE44 #DFCF76 #EBE1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D4BE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#D4BE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4BE44

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4BE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4BE44	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4be44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 190, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.140 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d17e',
    500: '#d4be44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4be44;
$custom-light: #e5d17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4be44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.833,
    "s": 62.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79826,
    "c": 0.14036,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4BE44

secondary

#354187

accent

#5BE642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4BE44

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

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