#D1C851#D1C851

#D1C851 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.139 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D1C851
RGB	rgb(209, 200, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 61.2%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.31, -11.43, 58.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.31, 60.02, 100.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.036 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.139 105)
XYZ	xyz(48.4357, 55.4596, 15.9364)
Luminance	0.5546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D1C851 #515AD1

analogous

#D18851 #D1C851 #9AD151

triadic

#D1C851 #51D1C8 #C851D1

tetradic

#D1C851 #51D188 #515AD1 #D1519A

square

#D1C851 #51D188 #515AD1 #D1519A

split-complementary

#D1C851 #519AD1 #8851D1

monochromatic

#857E23 #B5AC30 #D1C851 #DED781 #EBE7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#D1C851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#D1C851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D1C851

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D1C851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D1C851	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d1c851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(209, 200, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.139 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2d887',
    500: '#d1c851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d1c851;
$custom-light: #e2d887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d1c851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 209,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.781,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81766,
    "c": 0.13937,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.55458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D1C851

secondary

#3B408B

accent

#51E146

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D1C851

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

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