#D9BE51#D9BE51

#D9BE51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.131 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BE51
RGB	rgb(217, 190, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 62.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, -2.93, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 57.11, 92.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.0122 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.131 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.5161, 52.1751, 15.2983)
Luminance	0.5217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BE51 #516CD9

analogous

#D97A51 #D9BE51 #B0D951

triadic

#D9BE51 #51D9BE #BE51D9

tetradic

#D9BE51 #51D97A #516CD9 #D951B0

square

#D9BE51 #51D97A #516CD9 #D951B0

split-complementary

#D9BE51 #51B0D9 #7A51D9

monochromatic

#907A1F #C2A42A #D9BE51 #E4D183 #EFE4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D9BE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#D9BE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BE51

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BE51	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)

#D0BA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9be51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 190, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.131 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d186',
    500: '#d9be51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9be51;
$custom-light: #e8d186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9be51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.088,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8041,
    "c": 0.131,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BE51

secondary

#394B95

accent

#62E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BE51

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

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