#D9C151#D9C151

#D9C151 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.133 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C151
RGB	rgb(217, 193, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 62.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -4.48, 57.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 58.05, 94.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% -0.0167 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.133 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.1726, 53.4880, 15.5171)
Luminance	0.5349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C151 #5169D9

analogous

#D97D51 #D9C151 #ADD951

triadic

#D9C151 #51D9C1 #C151D9

tetradic

#D9C151 #51D97D #5169D9 #D951AD

square

#D9C151 #51D97D #5169D9 #D951AD

split-complementary

#D9C151 #51ADD9 #7D51D9

monochromatic

#907C1F #C2A82A #D9C151 #E4D383 #EFE5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#D9C151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#D9C151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C151

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C151	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 193, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.133 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d386',
    500: '#d9c151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c151;
$custom-light: #e8d386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81024,
    "c": 0.13327,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C151

secondary

#394995

accent

#5EE741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C151

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

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