#D9BE3D#D9BE3D

#D9BE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.145 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BE3D
RGB	rgb(217, 190, 61)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 71.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, -4.04, 65.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 65.21, 93.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.0177 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.145 97)
XYZ	xyz(47.8734, 51.9180, 11.9135)
Luminance	0.5192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BE3D #3D58D9

analogous

#D9703D #D9BE3D #A6D93D

triadic

#D9BE3D #3DD9BE #BE3DD9

tetradic

#D9BE3D #3DD970 #3D58D9 #D93DA6

square

#D9BE3D #3DD970 #3D58D9 #D93DA6

split-complementary

#D9BE3D #3DA6D9 #703DD9

monochromatic

#827019 #B59C24 #D9BE3D #E3CF70 #EDE0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D9BE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#D9BE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BE3D

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BE3D	1.00	1.84	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9be3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 190, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.145 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d17b',
    500: '#d9be3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9be3d;
$custom-light: #e9d17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9be3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.615,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80239,
    "c": 0.14528,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.51916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BE3D

secondary

#314089

accent

#5CEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BE3D

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

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