#D9BE62#D9BE62

#D9BE62 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.116 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BE62
RGB	rgb(217, 190, 98)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 54.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, -1.70, 49.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 49.40, 91.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% -0.0067 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.116 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.2353, 52.4628, 19.0858)
Luminance	0.5246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BE62 #627DD9

analogous

#D98362 #D9BE62 #B8D962

triadic

#D9BE62 #62D9BE #BE62D9

tetradic

#D9BE62 #62D983 #627DD9 #D962B8

square

#D9BE62 #62D983 #627DD9 #D962B8

split-complementary

#D9BE62 #62B8D9 #8362D9

monochromatic

#9B8026 #CCA931 #D9BE62 #E5D293 #F1E7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#D9BE62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#D9BE62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BE62

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BE62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BE62	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBB59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9be62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 190, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.116 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d191',
    500: '#d9be62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9be62;
$custom-light: #e7d191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9be62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.387,
    "s": 61.026,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.806,
    "c": 0.11621,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BE62

secondary

#40569F

accent

#44C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BE62

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

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