#D4BE49#D4BE49

#D4BE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.137 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4BE49
RGB	rgb(212, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 65.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.86, -5.54, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.86, 60.05, 95.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% -0.0203 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.137 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7695, 51.3072, 13.7418)
Luminance	0.5131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4BE49 #495FD4

analogous

#D47849 #D4BE49 #A4D449

triadic

#D4BE49 #49D4BE #BE49D4

tetradic

#D4BE49 #49D478 #495FD4 #D449A4

square

#D4BE49 #49D478 #495FD4 #D449A4

split-complementary

#D4BE49 #49A4D4 #7849D4

monochromatic

#84741F #B59F2B #D4BE49 #E0D07B #EBE1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D4BE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#D4BE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4BE49

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4BE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4BE49	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B93A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4be49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.137 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d181',
    500: '#d4be49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4be49;
$custom-light: #e5d181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4be49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.504,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79869,
    "c": 0.13674,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4BE49

secondary

#37448A

accent

#5DE543

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4BE49

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

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