#D9C351#D9C351

#D9C351 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.135 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C351
RGB	rgb(217, 195, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 62.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -5.52, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 58.70, 95.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.0196 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.135 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.6177, 54.3783, 15.6655)
Luminance	0.5438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C351 #5167D9

analogous

#D97F51 #D9C351 #ABD951

triadic

#D9C351 #51D9C3 #C351D9

tetradic

#D9C351 #51D97F #5167D9 #D951AB

square

#D9C351 #51D97F #5167D9 #D951AB

split-complementary

#D9C351 #51ABD9 #7F51D9

monochromatic

#907E1F #C2AA2A #D9C351 #E4D483 #EFE6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D9C351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#D9C351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C351

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C351	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 195, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.135 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d487',
    500: '#d9c351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c351;
$custom-light: #e8d487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.294,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81436,
    "c": 0.13486,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C351

secondary

#394895

accent

#5CE741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C351

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

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