#D9C251#D9C251

#D9C251 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.134 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C251
RGB	rgb(217, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 62.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, -5.00, 58.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 58.38, 94.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.0182 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.134 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.3944, 53.9316, 15.5910)
Luminance	0.5393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C251 #5168D9

analogous

#D97E51 #D9C251 #ACD951

triadic

#D9C251 #51D9C2 #C251D9

tetradic

#D9C251 #51D97E #5168D9 #D951AC

square

#D9C251 #51D97E #5168D9 #D951AC

split-complementary

#D9C251 #51ACD9 #7E51D9

monochromatic

#907D1F #C2A92A #D9C251 #E4D483 #EFE5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D9C251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#D9C251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C251

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C251	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.134 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d486',
    500: '#d9c251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c251;
$custom-light: #e8d486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.853,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8123,
    "c": 0.13406,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C251

secondary

#394895

accent

#5DE741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C251

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

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