#D3C251#D3C251

#D3C251 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.134 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D3C251
RGB	rgb(211, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 61.6%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.89, -7.52, 57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.89, 57.92, 97.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.025 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.134 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.6428, 53.0285, 15.5089)
Luminance	0.5303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D3C251 #5162D3

analogous

#D38151 #D3C251 #A3D351

triadic

#D3C251 #51D3C2 #C251D3

tetradic

#D3C251 #51D381 #5162D3 #D351A3

square

#D3C251 #51D381 #5162D3 #D351A3

split-complementary

#D3C251 #51A3D3 #8151D3

monochromatic

#877A22 #B8A62F #D3C251 #DFD382 #ECE4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#D3C251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#D3C251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D3C251

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D3C251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D3C251	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d3c251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(211, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.134 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3d486',
    500: '#d3c251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d3c251;
$custom-light: #e3d486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d3c251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 211,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.154,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80684,
    "c": 0.13379,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D3C251

secondary

#3A458E

accent

#5AE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D3C251

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

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