#D3C451#D3C451

#D3C451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.136 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D3C451
RGB	rgb(211, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 61.6%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, -8.55, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 58.63, 98.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.0279 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.136 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.0909, 53.9247, 15.6583)
Luminance	0.5392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D3C451 #5160D3

analogous

#D38351 #D3C451 #A1D351

triadic

#D3C451 #51D3C4 #C451D3

tetradic

#D3C451 #51D383 #5160D3 #D351A1

square

#D3C451 #51D383 #5160D3 #D351A1

split-complementary

#D3C451 #51A1D3 #8351D3

monochromatic

#877C22 #B8A82F #D3C451 #DFD582 #ECE5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D3C451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#D3C451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D3C451

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D3C451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D3C451	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d3c451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(211, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.136 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3d586',
    500: '#d3c451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d3c451;
$custom-light: #e3d586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d3c451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 211,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81102,
    "c": 0.13555,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D3C451

secondary

#3A448E

accent

#57E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D3C451

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

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