#D4C151#D4C151

#D4C151 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.133 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C151
RGB	rgb(212, 193, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 61.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.72, -6.59, 57.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.72, 57.65, 96.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% -0.0224 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.133 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.7085, 52.7331, 15.4485)
Luminance	0.5273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C151 #5164D4

analogous

#D48051 #D4C151 #A5D451

triadic

#D4C151 #51D4C1 #C151D4

tetradic

#D4C151 #51D480 #5164D4 #D451A5

square

#D4C151 #51D480 #5164D4 #D451A5

split-complementary

#D4C151 #51A5D4 #8051D4

monochromatic

#897A22 #BAA62E #D4C151 #E0D282 #ECE4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#D4C151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#D4C151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C151

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C151	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)

#D2BC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 193, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.133 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d386',
    500: '#d4c151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c151;
$custom-light: #e4d386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.298,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80566,
    "c": 0.13295,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C151

secondary

#3A468F

accent

#5BE444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C151

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

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