#D9C951#D9C951

#D9C951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.140 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C951
RGB	rgb(217, 201, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 62.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.25, -8.59, 60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.25, 60.75, 98.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.68% -0.0284 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(82.68% 0.14 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.9891, 57.1211, 16.1226)
Luminance	0.5712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C951 #5161D9

analogous

#D98551 #D9C951 #A5D951

triadic

#D9C951 #51D9C9 #C951D9

tetradic

#D9C951 #51D985 #5161D9 #D951A5

square

#D9C951 #51D985 #5161D9 #D951A5

split-complementary

#D9C951 #51A5D9 #8551D9

monochromatic

#90831F #C2B02A #D9C951 #E4D983 #EFE8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#D9C951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#D9C951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C951

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C951	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 201, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.140 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d987',
    500: '#d9c951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c951;
$custom-light: #e8d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82678,
    "c": 0.13993,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C951

secondary

#394495

accent

#54E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C951

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

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