#D9BE42#D9BE42

#D9BE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.142 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BE42
RGB	rgb(217, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, -3.79, 63.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 63.31, 93.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.28% -0.0164 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(80.28% 0.142 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.0144, 51.9744, 12.6562)
Luminance	0.5197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BE42 #425DD9

analogous

#D97342 #D9BE42 #A8D942

triadic

#D9BE42 #42D9BE #BE42D9

tetradic

#D9BE42 #42D973 #425DD9 #D942A8

square

#D9BE42 #42D973 #425DD9 #D942A8

split-complementary

#D9BE42 #42A8D9 #7342D9

monochromatic

#86731B #B99E25 #D9BE42 #E3D075 #EDE1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D9BE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#D9BE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BE42

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BE42	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)

#D1BA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9be42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.142 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d17d',
    500: '#d9be42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9be42;
$custom-light: #e9d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9be42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.272,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80276,
    "c": 0.14205,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BE42

secondary

#33438C

accent

#5DE93E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BE42

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

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