#D9CC51#D9CC51

#D9CC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.143 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CC51
RGB	rgb(217, 204, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 62.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, -10.11, 60.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 61.81, 99.42°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% -0.0328 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.143 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.6953, 58.5335, 16.3580)
Luminance	0.5853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CC51 #515ED9

analogous

#D98851 #D9CC51 #A2D951

triadic

#D9CC51 #51D9CC #CC51D9

tetradic

#D9CC51 #51D988 #515ED9 #D951A2

square

#D9CC51 #51D988 #515ED9 #D951A2

split-complementary

#D9CC51 #51A2D9 #8851D9

monochromatic

#90851F #C2B42A #D9CC51 #E4DB83 #EFE9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D9CC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#D9CC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CC51

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CC51	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 204, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.143 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8db87',
    500: '#d9cc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cc51;
$custom-light: #e8db87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.265,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83303,
    "c": 0.14262,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CC51

secondary

#394295

accent

#51E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CC51

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

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