#D9BE43#D9BE43

#D9BE43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.141 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BE43
RGB	rgb(217, 190, 67)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 69.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, -3.74, 62.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 62.92, 93.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.28% -0.0162 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(80.28% 0.141 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.0442, 51.9863, 12.8128)
Luminance	0.5198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BE43 #435ED9

analogous

#D97343 #D9BE43 #A9D943

triadic

#D9BE43 #43D9BE #BE43D9

tetradic

#D9BE43 #43D973 #435ED9 #D943A9

square

#D9BE43 #43D973 #435ED9 #D943A9

split-complementary

#D9BE43 #43A9D9 #7343D9

monochromatic

#86731B #B99F25 #D9BE43 #E3D076 #EEE1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D9BE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#D9BE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BE43

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BE43	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9be43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 190, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.141 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d17e',
    500: '#d9be43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9be43;
$custom-light: #e9d17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9be43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.2,
    "s": 66.372,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80284,
    "c": 0.14138,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BE43

secondary

#33448D

accent

#5DE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BE43

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

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