#D9CD51#D9CD51

#D9CD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.144 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD51
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 62.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.30, -10.62, 61.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.30, 62.17, 99.83°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% -0.0342 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.144 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.9337, 59.0104, 16.4375)
Luminance	0.5901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD51 #515DD9

analogous

#D98951 #D9CD51 #A1D951

triadic

#D9CD51 #51D9CD #CD51D9

tetradic

#D9CD51 #51D989 #515DD9 #D951A1

square

#D9CD51 #51D989 #515DD9 #D951A1

split-complementary

#D9CD51 #51A1D9 #8951D9

monochromatic

#90861F #C2B52A #D9CD51 #E4DB83 #EFEAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#D9CD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#D9CD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD51

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD51	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.144 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dc87',
    500: '#d9cd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd51;
$custom-light: #e8dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83512,
    "c": 0.14353,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD51

secondary

#394195

accent

#4FE741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD51

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

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