#D1C251#D1C251

#D1C251 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.134 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D1C251
RGB	rgb(209, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 61.2%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.72, -8.36, 57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.72, 57.80, 98.32°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% -0.0273 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.134 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.0733, 52.7348, 15.4822)
Luminance	0.5273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D1C251 #5160D1

analogous

#D18251 #D1C251 #A0D151

triadic

#D1C251 #51D1C2 #C251D1

tetradic

#D1C251 #51D182 #5160D1 #D151A0

square

#D1C251 #51D182 #5160D1 #D151A0

split-complementary

#D1C251 #51A0D1 #8251D1

monochromatic

#857923 #B5A530 #D1C251 #DED381 #EBE4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#D1C251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#D1C251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D1C251

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D1C251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D1C251	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d1c251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(209, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.134 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2d486',
    500: '#d1c251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d1c251;
$custom-light: #e2d486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d1c251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 209,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.969,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80505,
    "c": 0.13379,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D1C251

secondary

#3B448B

accent

#59E146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D1C251

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

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