#D7C551#D7C551
#D7C551 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.136 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #D7C551 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(215, 197, 81) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 63%, 58%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 62%, 84%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 62.3%, 15.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.03, -7.38, 58.77) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.03, 59.23, 97.16°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.67% -0.0249 0.1342) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.67% 0.136 100.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.4778, 54.9757, 15.7882) |
| Luminance | 0.5497 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard Yellow
#D2BD0A
ΔE00 4.89
Ugly Yellow
#D0C101
ΔE00 5.00
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 5.24
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 5.34
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 5.53
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 5.57
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#D7C551 #5163D7
analogous
#D78251 #D7C551 #A6D751
triadic
#D7C551 #51D7C5 #C551D7
tetradic
#D7C551 #51D782 #5163D7 #D751A6
square
#D7C551 #51D782 #5163D7 #D751A6
split-complementary
#D7C551 #51A6D7 #8251D7
monochromatic
#8D7F20 #BFAB2C #D7C551 #E2D683 #EEE6B5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.75
#D7C551 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.99
#D7C551 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #D7C551
11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##D7C551 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##D7C551 | 1.00 | 1.75 | 11.99 | 11.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.75 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D6C044
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DBC757
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E7B8AC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #d7c551; /* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 197, 81); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.136 100.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#e6d687',
500: '#d7c551',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #d7c551; $custom-light: #e6d687; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#d7c551",
"rgb": {
"r": 215,
"g": 197,
"b": 81
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.94,
"s": 62.617,
"l": 58.039
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81668,
"c": 0.13644,
"h": 100.5
},
"luminance": 0.54974
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#D7C551
secondary
#394593
accent
#58E642
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF3
border
#D6D4CD
text
#16140C
muted
#85837F