#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
RGBrgb(217, 190, 70)
HSLhsl(49, 66%, 56%)
HSVhsv(49, 68%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12.4%, 67.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(77.29, -3.58, 61.62)
CIE-LCHlch(77.29, 61.73, 93.33°)
OKLaboklab(80.31% -0.0154 0.1385)
OKLCHoklch(80.31% 0.139 96.3)
XYZxyz(48.1365, 52.0233, 13.2992)
Luminance0.5202 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##D9BE461.001.8411.4011.40
#FFFFFF1.841.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4021.001.001.00
##00000011.4021.001.001.00

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

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#D9BE46 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva