#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
RGBrgb(217, 190, 61)
HSLhsl(50, 67%, 55%)
HSVhsv(50, 72%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12.4%, 71.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(77.23, -4.04, 65.09)
CIE-LCHlch(77.23, 65.21, 93.55°)
OKLaboklab(80.24% -0.0177 0.1442)
OKLCHoklch(80.24% 0.145 97)
XYZxyz(47.8734, 51.9180, 11.9135)
Luminance0.5192 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##D9BE3D1.001.8411.3811.38
#FFFFFF1.841.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3821.001.001.00
##00000011.3821.001.001.00

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

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#D9BE3D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva