#D9BE44#D9BE44

#D9BE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.141 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BE44
RGB	rgb(217, 190, 68)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 68.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, -3.69, 62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 62.52, 93.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% -0.0159 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.141 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.0744, 51.9984, 12.9722)
Luminance	0.5200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BE44 #445FD9

analogous

#D97444 #D9BE44 #A9D944

triadic

#D9BE44 #44D9BE #BE44D9

tetradic

#D9BE44 #44D974 #445FD9 #D944A9

square

#D9BE44 #44D974 #445FD9 #D944A9

split-complementary

#D9BE44 #44A9D9 #7444D9

monochromatic

#87741B #BA9F26 #D9BE44 #E3D077 #EEE1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D9BE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#D9BE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BE44

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BE44	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)

#D1BA33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9be44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 190, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.141 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d17e',
    500: '#d9be44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9be44;
$custom-light: #e8d17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9be44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.128,
    "s": 66.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80292,
    "c": 0.14069,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BE44

secondary

#34448D

accent

#5EE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BE44

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

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