#D9BE46#D9BE46

#D9BE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.139 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BE46
RGB	rgb(217, 190, 70)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 67.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.29, -3.58, 61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.29, 61.73, 93.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% -0.0154 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.139 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.1365, 52.0233, 13.2992)
Luminance	0.5202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BE46 #4661D9

analogous

#D97546 #D9BE46 #AAD946

triadic

#D9BE46 #46D9BE #BE46D9

tetradic

#D9BE46 #46D975 #4661D9 #D946AA

square

#D9BE46 #46D975 #4661D9 #D946AA

split-complementary

#D9BE46 #46AAD9 #7546D9

monochromatic

#89751C #BBA026 #D9BE46 #E3D079 #EEE2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D9BE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#D9BE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BE46

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BE46	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)

#D1BA36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9be46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 190, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.139 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d180',
    500: '#d9be46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9be46;
$custom-light: #e8d180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9be46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.98,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80309,
    "c": 0.1393,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BE46

secondary

#35458F

accent

#5EE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BE46

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

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