#D9BE49#D9BE49

#D9BE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.137 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BE49
RGB	rgb(217, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.32, -3.42, 60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.32, 60.50, 93.24°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% -0.0146 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.137 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.2336, 52.0621, 13.8104)
Luminance	0.5206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BE49 #4964D9

analogous

#D97649 #D9BE49 #ACD949

triadic

#D9BE49 #49D9BE #BE49D9

tetradic

#D9BE49 #49D976 #4964D9 #D949AC

square

#D9BE49 #49D976 #4964D9 #D949AC

split-complementary

#D9BE49 #49ACD9 #7649D9

monochromatic

#8B761D #BDA128 #D9BE49 #E4D07C #EEE2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D9BE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#D9BE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BE49

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BE49	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)

#D0BA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9be49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.137 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d181',
    500: '#d9be49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9be49;
$custom-light: #e8d181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9be49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80335,
    "c": 0.13715,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BE49

secondary

#364791

accent

#5FE83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BE49

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

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