#D9B751#D9B751

#D9B751 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.126 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B751
RGB	rgb(217, 183, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 62.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.59, 0.73, 55.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.59, 55.07, 89.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% -0.0017 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.126 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.0362, 49.2154, 14.8050)
Luminance	0.4921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B751 #5173D9

analogous

#D97351 #D9B751 #B7D951

triadic

#D9B751 #51D9B7 #B751D9

tetradic

#D9B751 #51D973 #5173D9 #D951B7

square

#D9B751 #51D973 #5173D9 #D951B7

split-complementary

#D9B751 #51B7D9 #7351D9

monochromatic

#90741F #C29C2A #D9B751 #E4CC83 #EFE1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#D9B751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#D9B751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B751

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B751	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 183, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.126 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cc86',
    500: '#d9b751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b751;
$custom-light: #e8cc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78988,
    "c": 0.12623,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B751

secondary

#A8B5DE

accent

#6AE741

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B751

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

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