#D9C851#D9C851

#D9C851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.139 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C851
RGB	rgb(217, 200, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 62.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.99, -8.08, 59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.99, 60.40, 97.69°)
OKLab	oklab(82.47% -0.027 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(82.47% 0.139 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.7568, 56.6564, 16.0452)
Luminance	0.5665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C851 #5162D9

analogous

#D98451 #D9C851 #A6D951

triadic

#D9C851 #51D9C8 #C851D9

tetradic

#D9C851 #51D984 #5162D9 #D951A6

square

#D9C851 #51D984 #5162D9 #D951A6

split-complementary

#D9C851 #51A6D9 #8451D9

monochromatic

#90821F #C2AF2A #D9C851 #E4D883 #EFE8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#D9C851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#D9C851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C851

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C851	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 200, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.139 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d887',
    500: '#d9c851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c851;
$custom-light: #e8d887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8247,
    "c": 0.13905,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C851

secondary

#394495

accent

#55E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C851

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

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