#D9BE4A#D9BE4A

#D9BE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.136 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BE4A
RGB	rgb(217, 190, 74)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 65.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, -3.36, 59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 60.09, 93.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% -0.0143 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.136 96)
XYZ	xyz(48.2670, 52.0755, 13.9864)
Luminance	0.5207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BE4A #4A65D9

analogous

#D9764A #D9BE4A #ADD94A

triadic

#D9BE4A #4AD9BE #BE4AD9

tetradic

#D9BE4A #4AD976 #4A65D9 #D94AAD

square

#D9BE4A #4AD976 #4A65D9 #D94AAD

split-complementary

#D9BE4A #4AADD9 #764AD9

monochromatic

#8B771D #BEA228 #D9BE4A #E4D07D #EEE2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D9BE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#D9BE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BE4A

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BE4A	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)

#D0BA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9be4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 190, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.136 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d182',
    500: '#d9be4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9be4a;
$custom-light: #e8d182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9be4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.671,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80344,
    "c": 0.13641,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.52073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BE4A

secondary

#364791

accent

#5FE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BE4A

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

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