#D9BE4E#D9BE4E

#D9BE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.133 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BE4E
RGB	rgb(217, 190, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 64.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.36, -3.12, 58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.36, 58.40, 93.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.0131 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.133 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.4061, 52.1311, 14.7189)
Luminance	0.5213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BE4E #4E69D9

analogous

#D9784E #D9BE4E #AFD94E

triadic

#D9BE4E #4ED9BE #BE4ED9

tetradic

#D9BE4E #4ED978 #4E69D9 #D94EAF

square

#D9BE4E #4ED978 #4E69D9 #D94EAF

split-complementary

#D9BE4E #4EAFD9 #784ED9

monochromatic

#8E781F #C0A329 #D9BE4E #E4D180 #EFE3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D9BE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#D9BE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BE4E

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BE4E	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9be4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 190, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.133 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d184',
    500: '#d9be4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9be4e;
$custom-light: #e8d184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9be4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.345,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80381,
    "c": 0.13337,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BE4E

secondary

#384994

accent

#61E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BE4E

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

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