#D5D251#D5D251

#D5D251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.149 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5D251
RGB	rgb(213, 210, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 62%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.29, -14.79, 62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.29, 63.96, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(84.22% -0.0458 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(84.22% 0.149 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.9741, 60.8350, 16.7875)
Luminance	0.6083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5D251 #5154D5

analogous

#D59051 #D5D251 #96D551

triadic

#D5D251 #51D5D2 #D251D5

tetradic

#D5D251 #51D590 #5154D5 #D55196

square

#D5D251 #51D590 #5154D5 #D55196

split-complementary

#D5D251 #5196D5 #9051D5

monochromatic

#8A8821 #BCB82D #D5D251 #E1DF82 #EDEBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#D5D251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#D5D251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5D251

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5D251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5D251	1.00	1.59	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3C5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5d251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 210, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.149 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5df88',
    500: '#d5d251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5d251;
$custom-light: #e5df88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5d251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.636,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84223,
    "c": 0.14876,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5D251

secondary

#3A3C90

accent

#47E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5D251

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

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