#D9BE3E#D9BE3E

#D9BE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.145 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BE3E
RGB	rgb(217, 190, 62)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 71.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -3.99, 64.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 64.84, 93.53°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0174 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.145 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.9006, 51.9289, 12.0567)
Luminance	0.5193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BE3E #3E59D9

analogous

#D9703E #D9BE3E #A7D93E

triadic

#D9BE3E #3ED9BE #BE3ED9

tetradic

#D9BE3E #3ED970 #3E59D9 #D93EA7

square

#D9BE3E #3ED970 #3E59D9 #D93EA7

split-complementary

#D9BE3E #3EA7D9 #703ED9

monochromatic

#83711A #B69D24 #D9BE3E #E3CF71 #EDE0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D9BE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#D9BE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BE3E

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BE3E	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9be3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 190, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.145 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d17b',
    500: '#d9be3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9be3e;
$custom-light: #e9d17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9be3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.548,
    "s": 67.1,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80246,
    "c": 0.14465,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BE3E

secondary

#32418A

accent

#5CEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BE3E

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

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