#D9BE48#D9BE48

#D9BE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.138 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BE48
RGB	rgb(217, 190, 72)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 66.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.31, -3.47, 60.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.31, 60.91, 93.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% -0.0148 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.138 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.2007, 52.0489, 13.6372)
Luminance	0.5205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BE48 #4863D9

analogous

#D97648 #D9BE48 #ABD948

triadic

#D9BE48 #48D9BE #BE48D9

tetradic

#D9BE48 #48D976 #4863D9 #D948AB

square

#D9BE48 #48D976 #4863D9 #D948AB

split-complementary

#D9BE48 #48ABD9 #7648D9

monochromatic

#8A761D #BDA127 #D9BE48 #E4D07B #EEE2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D9BE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#D9BE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BE48

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BE48	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9be48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 190, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.138 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d181',
    500: '#d9be48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9be48;
$custom-light: #e8d181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9be48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.828,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80326,
    "c": 0.13787,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BE48

secondary

#354690

accent

#5FE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BE48

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

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