#D9BE53#D9BE53

#D9BE53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.129 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BE53
RGB	rgb(217, 190, 83)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 61.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, -2.80, 56.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 56.24, 92.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% -0.0116 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.129 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.5922, 52.2055, 15.6991)
Luminance	0.5220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BE53 #536ED9

analogous

#D97B53 #D9BE53 #B1D953

triadic

#D9BE53 #53D9BE #BE53D9

tetradic

#D9BE53 #53D97B #536ED9 #D953B1

square

#D9BE53 #53D97B #536ED9 #D953B1

split-complementary

#D9BE53 #53B1D9 #7B53D9

monochromatic

#917B20 #C4A52B #D9BE53 #E4D185 #EFE4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D9BE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#D9BE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BE53

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BE53	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)

#D0BA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9be53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 190, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.129 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d187',
    500: '#d9be53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9be53;
$custom-light: #e8d187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9be53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.91,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8043,
    "c": 0.12937,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BE53

secondary

#3A4C97

accent

#62E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BE53

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

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