#D9BE4B#D9BE4B

#D9BE4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.136 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BE4B
RGB	rgb(217, 190, 75)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 65.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, -3.30, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 59.67, 93.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% -0.014 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.136 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.3010, 52.0890, 14.1653)
Luminance	0.5209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BE4B #4B66D9

analogous

#D9774B #D9BE4B #ADD94B

triadic

#D9BE4B #4BD9BE #BE4BD9

tetradic

#D9BE4B #4BD977 #4B66D9 #D94BAD

square

#D9BE4B #4BD977 #4B66D9 #D94BAD

split-complementary

#D9BE4B #4BADD9 #774BD9

monochromatic

#8C771E #BFA228 #D9BE4B #E4D07E #EEE2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D9BE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#D9BE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BE4B

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BE4B	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9be4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 190, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.136 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d183',
    500: '#d9be4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9be4b;
$custom-light: #e8d183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9be4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.592,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80353,
    "c": 0.13565,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BE4B

secondary

#364892

accent

#60E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BE4B

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

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