#D9BE5B#D9BE5B

#D9BE5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.123 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BE5B
RGB	rgb(217, 190, 91)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 58.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.48, -2.24, 52.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.48, 52.65, 92.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.0091 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.123 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.9191, 52.3363, 17.4207)
Luminance	0.5233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BE5B #5B76D9

analogous

#D97F5B #D9BE5B #B5D95B

triadic

#D9BE5B #5BD9BE #BE5BD9

tetradic

#D9BE5B #5BD97F #5B76D9 #D95BB5

square

#D9BE5B #5BD97F #5B76D9 #D95BB5

split-complementary

#D9BE5B #5BB5D9 #7F5BD9

monochromatic

#977E23 #C8A72E #D9BE5B #E5D28D #F0E5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#D9BE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#D9BE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BE5B

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BE5B	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9be5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 190, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.123 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d18c',
    500: '#d9be5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9be5b;
$custom-light: #e8d18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9be5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80517,
    "c": 0.12256,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BE5B

secondary

#3D519B

accent

#41CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BE5B

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

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