#D3B451#D3B451

#D3B451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.123 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D3B451
RGB	rgb(211, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 61.6%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.25, -0.24, 53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.25, 53.42, 90.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.0041 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.123 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.6725, 47.0878, 14.5188)
Luminance	0.4708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D3B451 #5170D3

analogous

#D37351 #D3B451 #B1D351

triadic

#D3B451 #51D3B4 #B451D3

tetradic

#D3B451 #51D373 #5170D3 #D351B1

square

#D3B451 #51D373 #5170D3 #D351B1

split-complementary

#D3B451 #51B1D3 #7351D3

monochromatic

#876F22 #B8972F #D3B451 #DFC982 #ECDEB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#D3B451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#D3B451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D3B451

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D3B451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D3B451	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d3b451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(211, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.123 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4ca85',
    500: '#d3b451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d3b451;
$custom-light: #e4ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d3b451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 211,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.692,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77799,
    "c": 0.12295,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D3B451

secondary

#A6B2DA

accent

#6BE345

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D3B451

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

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