#D4BE4E#D4BE4E

#D4BE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.133 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4BE4E
RGB	rgb(212, 190, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 63.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.91, -5.23, 57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.91, 57.94, 95.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% -0.0189 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.133 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.9420, 51.3762, 14.6502)
Luminance	0.5137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4BE4E #4E64D4

analogous

#D47B4E #D4BE4E #A7D44E

triadic

#D4BE4E #4ED4BE #BE4ED4

tetradic

#D4BE4E #4ED47B #4E64D4 #D44EA7

square

#D4BE4E #4ED47B #4E64D4 #D44EA7

split-complementary

#D4BE4E #4EA7D4 #7B4ED4

monochromatic

#877621 #B8A12D #D4BE4E #E0D07F #ECE2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D4BE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#D4BE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4BE4E

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4BE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4BE4E	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4be4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 190, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.133 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d184',
    500: '#d4be4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4be4e;
$custom-light: #e4d184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4be4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.149,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79915,
    "c": 0.13289,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4BE4E

secondary

#39478D

accent

#5EE444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4BE4E

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

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