#D9BE3F#D9BE3F

#D9BE3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.144 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BE3F
RGB	rgb(217, 190, 63)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 71%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -3.94, 64.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 64.46, 93.51°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0172 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.144 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.9283, 51.9400, 12.2026)
Luminance	0.5194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BE3F #3F5AD9

analogous

#D9713F #D9BE3F #A7D93F

triadic

#D9BE3F #3FD9BE #BE3FD9

tetradic

#D9BE3F #3FD971 #3F5AD9 #D93FA7

square

#D9BE3F #3FD971 #3F5AD9 #D93FA7

split-complementary

#D9BE3F #3FA7D9 #713FD9

monochromatic

#84711A #B79D24 #D9BE3F #E3CF72 #EDE1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D9BE3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#D9BE3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BE3F

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BE3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BE3F	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)

#D1BA2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9be3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 190, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.144 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d17c',
    500: '#d9be3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9be3f;
$custom-light: #e9d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9be3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.481,
    "s": 66.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80254,
    "c": 0.14402,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BE3F

secondary

#32418A

accent

#5CEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BE3F

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

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