#D9BE40#D9BE40

#D9BE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.143 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#D9BE40
RGBrgb(217, 190, 64)
HSLhsl(49, 67%, 55%)
HSVhsv(49, 71%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12.4%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(77.25, -3.90, 63.96)
CIE-LCHlch(77.25, 64.08, 93.48°)
OKLaboklab(80.26% -0.0169 0.1424)
OKLCHoklch(80.26% 0.143 96.8)
XYZxyz(47.9565, 51.9513, 12.3511)
Luminance0.5195 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#D9BE40 #405BD9
analogous
#D97240 #D9BE40 #A7D940
triadic
#D9BE40 #40D9BE #BE40D9
tetradic
#D9BE40 #40D972 #405BD9 #D940A7
square
#D9BE40 #40D972 #405BD9 #D940A7
split-complementary
#D9BE40 #40A7D9 #7240D9
monochromatic
#84721A #B79D24 #D9BE40 #E3CF73 #EDE1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84
#D9BE40 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39
#D9BE40 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BE40
11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##D9BE40#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##D9BE401.001.8411.3911.39
#FFFFFF1.841.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3921.001.001.00
##00000011.3921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1BA2D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D8C347
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EAB0A5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #d9be40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.143 96.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d17c',
    500: '#d9be40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #d9be40;
$custom-light: #e9d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#d9be40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80261,
    "c": 0.14337,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#D9BE40
secondary
#32428B
accent
#5CEA3E
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#17140A
muted
#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BE40

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#D9BE40 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva