#D9BE45#D9BE45

#D9BE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.140 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BE45
RGB	rgb(217, 190, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 68.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.29, -3.64, 62.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.29, 62.13, 93.36°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% -0.0156 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.14 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.1052, 52.0107, 13.1343)
Luminance	0.5201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BE45 #4560D9

analogous

#D97445 #D9BE45 #AAD945

triadic

#D9BE45 #45D9BE #BE45D9

tetradic

#D9BE45 #45D974 #4560D9 #D945AA

square

#D9BE45 #45D974 #4560D9 #D945AA

split-complementary

#D9BE45 #45AAD9 #7445D9

monochromatic

#88741C #BBA026 #D9BE45 #E3D078 #EEE2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D9BE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#D9BE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BE45

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BE45	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)

#D1BA35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9be45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 190, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.140 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d17f',
    500: '#d9be45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9be45;
$custom-light: #e8d17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9be45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.054,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80301,
    "c": 0.14,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BE45

secondary

#34458E

accent

#5EE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BE45

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

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