#D9BE5D#D9BE5D

#D9BE5D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.121 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BE5D
RGB	rgb(217, 190, 93)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 57.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, -2.09, 51.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 51.73, 92.32°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.0084 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.121 94)
XYZ	xyz(49.0065, 52.3713, 17.8811)
Luminance	0.5237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BE5D #5D78D9

analogous

#D9805D #D9BE5D #B6D95D

triadic

#D9BE5D #5DD9BE #BE5DD9

tetradic

#D9BE5D #5DD980 #5D78D9 #D95DB6

square

#D9BE5D #5DD980 #5D78D9 #D95DB6

split-complementary

#D9BE5D #5DB6D9 #805DD9

monochromatic

#987F24 #CAA82F #D9BE5D #E5D28F #F0E6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#D9BE5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#D9BE5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BE5D

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BE5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BE5D	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)

#CFBB54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9be5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 190, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.121 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d18e',
    500: '#d9be5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9be5d;
$custom-light: #e7d18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9be5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.935,
    "s": 62,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8054,
    "c": 0.12079,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.52369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BE5D

secondary

#3E529C

accent

#42CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BE5D

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

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