#D9BE50#D9BE50

#D9BE50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.132 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BE50
RGB	rgb(217, 190, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 63.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, -2.99, 57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 57.54, 92.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% -0.0125 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.132 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.4789, 52.1602, 15.1023)
Luminance	0.5216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BE50 #506BD9

analogous

#D97950 #D9BE50 #AFD950

triadic

#D9BE50 #50D9BE #BE50D9

tetradic

#D9BE50 #50D979 #506BD9 #D950AF

square

#D9BE50 #50D979 #506BD9 #D950AF

split-complementary

#D9BE50 #50AFD9 #7950D9

monochromatic

#8F791F #C2A42A #D9BE50 #E4D182 #EFE3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D9BE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#D9BE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BE50

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BE50	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)

#D0BA43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9be50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 190, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.132 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d186',
    500: '#d9be50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9be50;
$custom-light: #e8d186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9be50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.175,
    "s": 64.319,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.804,
    "c": 0.1318,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BE50

secondary

#384B95

accent

#61E740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BE50

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

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