#D9BE4D#D9BE4D

#D9BE4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.134 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BE4D
RGB	rgb(217, 190, 77)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 64.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, -3.18, 58.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 58.83, 93.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.37% -0.0134 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(80.37% 0.134 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.3705, 52.1169, 14.5315)
Luminance	0.5211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BE4D #4D68D9

analogous

#D9784D #D9BE4D #AED94D

triadic

#D9BE4D #4DD9BE #BE4DD9

tetradic

#D9BE4D #4DD978 #4D68D9 #D94DAE

square

#D9BE4D #4DD978 #4D68D9 #D94DAE

split-complementary

#D9BE4D #4DAED9 #784DD9

monochromatic

#8D781E #C0A329 #D9BE4D #E4D07F #EFE3B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D9BE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#D9BE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BE4D

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BE4D	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)

#D0BA40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9be4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 190, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.134 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d184',
    500: '#d9be4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9be4d;
$custom-light: #e8d184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9be4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.429,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80371,
    "c": 0.13414,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BE4D

secondary

#374993

accent

#60E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BE4D

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

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