#D9BE59#D9BE59

#D9BE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.124 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BE59
RGB	rgb(217, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 59%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.46, -2.38, 53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.46, 53.56, 92.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% -0.0097 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.124 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.8340, 52.3022, 16.9723)
Luminance	0.5230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BE59 #5974D9

analogous

#D97E59 #D9BE59 #B4D959

triadic

#D9BE59 #59D9BE #BE59D9

tetradic

#D9BE59 #59D97E #5974D9 #D959B4

square

#D9BE59 #59D97E #5974D9 #D959B4

split-complementary

#D9BE59 #59B4D9 #7E59D9

monochromatic

#957D22 #C7A72E #D9BE59 #E4D28B #F0E5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#D9BE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#D9BE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BE59

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BE59	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9be59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.124 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d18b',
    500: '#d9be59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9be59;
$custom-light: #e8d18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9be59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.344,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80494,
    "c": 0.12432,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BE59

secondary

#3C509A

accent

#65E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BE59

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

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