#D9C451#D9C451

#D9C451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.136 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C451
RGB	rgb(217, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 62.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.94, -6.03, 58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.94, 59.04, 95.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.64% -0.0211 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(81.64% 0.136 99)
XYZ	xyz(49.8425, 54.8279, 15.7404)
Luminance	0.5483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C451 #5166D9

analogous

#D98051 #D9C451 #AAD951

triadic

#D9C451 #51D9C4 #C451D9

tetradic

#D9C451 #51D980 #5166D9 #D951AA

square

#D9C451 #51D980 #5166D9 #D951AA

split-complementary

#D9C451 #51AAD9 #8051D9

monochromatic

#907F1F #C2AB2A #D9C451 #E4D583 #EFE6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D9C451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#D9C451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C451

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C451	1.00	1.76	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.136 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d587',
    500: '#d9c451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c451;
$custom-light: #e8d587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.735,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81642,
    "c": 0.13567,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.54826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C451

secondary

#394795

accent

#5AE741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C451

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

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