#D9C751#D9C751

#D9C751 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.138 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C751
RGB	rgb(217, 199, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 62.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -7.57, 59.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 60.05, 97.24°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% -0.0255 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.138 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.5259, 56.1948, 15.9682)
Luminance	0.5619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C751 #5163D9

analogous

#D98351 #D9C751 #A7D951

triadic

#D9C751 #51D9C7 #C751D9

tetradic

#D9C751 #51D983 #5163D9 #D951A7

square

#D9C751 #51D983 #5163D9 #D951A7

split-complementary

#D9C751 #51A7D9 #8351D9

monochromatic

#90811F #C2AE2A #D9C751 #E4D783 #EFE7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D9C751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#D9C751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C751

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C751	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 199, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.138 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d787',
    500: '#d9c751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c751;
$custom-light: #e8d787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.059,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82263,
    "c": 0.13819,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C751

secondary

#394595

accent

#57E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C751

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

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