#D4BE55#D4BE55

#D4BE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.127 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4BE55
RGB	rgb(212, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 59.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, -4.77, 54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 54.87, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.0167 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.127 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.2064, 51.4819, 16.0430)
Luminance	0.5148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4BE55 #556BD4

analogous

#D47E55 #D4BE55 #AAD455

triadic

#D4BE55 #55D4BE #BE55D4

tetradic

#D4BE55 #55D47E #556BD4 #D455AA

square

#D4BE55 #55D47E #556BD4 #D455AA

split-complementary

#D4BE55 #55AAD4 #7E55D4

monochromatic

#8B7923 #BCA430 #D4BE55 #E0D186 #EDE3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D4BE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#D4BE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4BE55

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4BE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4BE55	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4be55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.127 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d189',
    500: '#d4be55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4be55;
$custom-light: #e4d189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4be55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.606,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79986,
    "c": 0.12712,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4BE55

secondary

#3C4B91

accent

#60E345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4BE55

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

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