#D7C251#D7C251

#D7C251 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.134 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D7C251
RGB	rgb(215, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 62.3%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.24, -5.84, 57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.24, 58.21, 95.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.0205 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.134 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.8033, 53.6269, 15.5633)
Luminance	0.5363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D7C251 #5166D7

analogous

#D77F51 #D7C251 #A9D751

triadic

#D7C251 #51D7C2 #C251D7

tetradic

#D7C251 #51D77F #5166D7 #D751A9

square

#D7C251 #51D77F #5166D7 #D751A9

split-complementary

#D7C251 #51A9D7 #7F51D7

monochromatic

#8D7C20 #BFA82C #D7C251 #E2D383 #EEE5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#D7C251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#D7C251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D7C251

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D7C251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D7C251	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d7c251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.134 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d486',
    500: '#d7c251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d7c251;
$custom-light: #e6d486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d7c251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.597,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81047,
    "c": 0.13392,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D7C251

secondary

#394793

accent

#5CE642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D7C251

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →