#D7C451#D7C451

#D7C451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.136 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D7C451
RGB	rgb(215, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 62.3%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.77, -6.87, 58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.77, 58.89, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% -0.0234 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.136 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.2515, 54.5231, 15.7127)
Luminance	0.5452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D7C451 #5164D7

analogous

#D78151 #D7C451 #A7D751

triadic

#D7C451 #51D7C4 #C451D7

tetradic

#D7C451 #51D781 #5164D7 #D751A7

square

#D7C451 #51D781 #5164D7 #D751A7

split-complementary

#D7C451 #51A7D7 #8151D7

monochromatic

#8D7E20 #BFAA2C #D7C451 #E2D583 #EEE6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D7C451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#D7C451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D7C451

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D7C451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D7C451	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d7c451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.136 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d587',
    500: '#d7c451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d7c451;
$custom-light: #e6d587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d7c451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.493,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81461,
    "c": 0.13559,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D7C451

secondary

#394693

accent

#59E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D7C451

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

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