#D5C251#D5C251

#D5C251 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.134 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C251
RGB	rgb(213, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 62%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.07, -6.68, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.07, 58.06, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.0227 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.134 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.2195, 53.3259, 15.5360)
Luminance	0.5332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C251 #5164D5

analogous

#D58051 #D5C251 #A6D551

triadic

#D5C251 #51D5C2 #C251D5

tetradic

#D5C251 #51D580 #5164D5 #D551A6

square

#D5C251 #51D580 #5164D5 #D551A6

split-complementary

#D5C251 #51A6D5 #8051D5

monochromatic

#8A7B21 #BCA72D #D5C251 #E1D382 #EDE5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#D5C251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#D5C251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C251

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C251	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.134 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d486',
    500: '#d5c251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c251;
$custom-light: #e5d486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.364,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80865,
    "c": 0.13384,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C251

secondary

#3A4690

accent

#5BE444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C251

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

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