#D9BE52#D9BE52

#D9BE52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.130 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BE52
RGB	rgb(217, 190, 82)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 62.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, -2.86, 56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 56.67, 92.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% -0.0119 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.13 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.5539, 52.1902, 15.4972)
Luminance	0.5219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BE52 #526DD9

analogous

#D97A52 #D9BE52 #B0D952

triadic

#D9BE52 #52D9BE #BE52D9

tetradic

#D9BE52 #52D97A #526DD9 #D952B0

square

#D9BE52 #52D97A #526DD9 #D952B0

split-complementary

#D9BE52 #52B0D9 #7A52D9

monochromatic

#917A20 #C3A52B #D9BE52 #E4D184 #EFE4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D9BE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#D9BE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BE52

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BE52	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9be52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 190, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.130 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d187',
    500: '#d9be52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9be52;
$custom-light: #e8d187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9be52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8042,
    "c": 0.13019,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BE52

secondary

#394C96

accent

#62E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BE52

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

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