#D4C251#D4C251

#D4C251 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.134 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C251
RGB	rgb(212, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 61.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.98, -7.10, 57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.98, 57.99, 97.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.0239 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.134 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.9303, 53.1767, 15.5224)
Luminance	0.5317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C251 #5163D4

analogous

#D48151 #D4C251 #A4D451

triadic

#D4C251 #51D4C2 #C251D4

tetradic

#D4C251 #51D481 #5163D4 #D451A4

square

#D4C251 #51D481 #5163D4 #D451A4

split-complementary

#D4C251 #51A4D4 #8151D4

monochromatic

#897B22 #BAA72E #D4C251 #E0D382 #ECE4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#D4C251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#D4C251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C251

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C251	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.134 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d486',
    500: '#d4c251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c251;
$custom-light: #e4d486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.756,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80774,
    "c": 0.13381,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C251

secondary

#3A468F

accent

#5AE444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C251

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

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