#D9BE55#D9BE55

#D9BE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.128 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BE55
RGB	rgb(217, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 60.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, -2.66, 55.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 55.35, 92.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.45% -0.011 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(80.45% 0.128 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.6705, 52.2369, 16.1117)
Luminance	0.5223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BE55 #5570D9

analogous

#D97C55 #D9BE55 #B2D955

triadic

#D9BE55 #55D9BE #BE55D9

tetradic

#D9BE55 #55D97C #5570D9 #D955B2

square

#D9BE55 #55D97C #5570D9 #D955B2

split-complementary

#D9BE55 #55B2D9 #7C55D9

monochromatic

#937B21 #C5A62C #D9BE55 #E4D187 #EFE4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#D9BE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#D9BE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BE55

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BE55	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9be55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.128 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d189',
    500: '#d9be55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9be55;
$custom-light: #e8d189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9be55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80451,
    "c": 0.12772,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BE55

secondary

#3A4E98

accent

#63E641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BE55

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

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