#D9BE5A#D9BE5A

#D9BE5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.123 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BE5A
RGB	rgb(217, 190, 90)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 58.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.47, -2.31, 53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.47, 53.10, 92.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% -0.0094 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.123 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.8762, 52.3192, 17.1950)
Luminance	0.5232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BE5A #5A75D9

analogous

#D97E5A #D9BE5A #B5D95A

triadic

#D9BE5A #5AD9BE #BE5AD9

tetradic

#D9BE5A #5AD97E #5A75D9 #D95AB5

square

#D9BE5A #5AD97E #5A75D9 #D95AB5

split-complementary

#D9BE5A #5AB5D9 #7E5AD9

monochromatic

#967D23 #C8A72E #D9BE5A #E4D28C #F0E5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#D9BE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#D9BE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BE5A

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BE5A	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)

#CFBB50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9be5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 190, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.123 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d18c',
    500: '#d9be5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9be5a;
$custom-light: #e8d18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9be5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.244,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80505,
    "c": 0.12345,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BE5A

secondary

#3C519B

accent

#40CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BE5A

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

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