#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
RGB	rgb(217, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.25, -3.90, 63.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.25, 64.08, 93.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.0169 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.143 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.9565, 51.9513, 12.3511)
Luminance	0.5195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##D9BE40	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)

#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

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

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