#D9BE5E#D9BE5E

#D9BE5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.120 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BE5E
RGB	rgb(217, 190, 94)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 56.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.51, -2.02, 51.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.51, 51.27, 92.25°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% -0.008 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.12 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.0511, 52.3891, 18.1159)
Luminance	0.5239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BE5E #5E79D9

analogous

#D9805E #D9BE5E #B6D95E

triadic

#D9BE5E #5ED9BE #BE5ED9

tetradic

#D9BE5E #5ED980 #5E79D9 #D95EB6

square

#D9BE5E #5ED980 #5E79D9 #D95EB6

split-complementary

#D9BE5E #5EB6D9 #805ED9

monochromatic

#997F24 #CAA830 #D9BE5E #E5D290 #F0E6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#D9BE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#D9BE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BE5E

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BE5E	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBB55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9be5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 190, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.120 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d18e',
    500: '#d9be5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9be5e;
$custom-light: #e7d18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9be5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.829,
    "s": 61.809,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80552,
    "c": 0.11989,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BE5E

secondary

#3E539D

accent

#42CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BE5E

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

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