#D9BE56#D9BE56

#D9BE56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.127 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BE56
RGB	rgb(217, 190, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, -2.60, 54.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 54.91, 92.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% -0.0107 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.127 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.7105, 52.2529, 16.3224)
Luminance	0.5225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BE56 #5671D9

analogous

#D97D56 #D9BE56 #B2D956

triadic

#D9BE56 #56D9BE #BE56D9

tetradic

#D9BE56 #56D97D #5671D9 #D956B2

square

#D9BE56 #56D97D #5671D9 #D956B2

split-complementary

#D9BE56 #56B2D9 #7D56D9

monochromatic

#937C21 #C5A62C #D9BE56 #E4D188 #EFE4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#D9BE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#D9BE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BE56

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BE56	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)

#D0BA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9be56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 190, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.127 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d189',
    500: '#d9be56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9be56;
$custom-light: #e8d189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9be56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.634,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80461,
    "c": 0.12688,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BE56

secondary

#3B4E98

accent

#63E641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BE56

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

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