#D9D151#D9D151

#D9D151 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.147 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D151
RGB	rgb(217, 209, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 62.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.35, -12.64, 62.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.35, 63.65, 101.45°)
OKLab	oklab(84.35% -0.0399 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(84.35% 0.147 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.9028, 60.9485, 16.7605)
Luminance	0.6095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D151 #5159D9

analogous

#D98D51 #D9D151 #9DD951

triadic

#D9D151 #51D9D1 #D151D9

tetradic

#D9D151 #51D98D #5159D9 #D9519D

square

#D9D151 #51D98D #5159D9 #D9519D

split-complementary

#D9D151 #519DD9 #8D51D9

monochromatic

#90891F #C2B92A #D9D151 #E4DE83 #EFECB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#D9D151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#D9D151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D151

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D151	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 209, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.147 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8de88',
    500: '#d9d151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d151;
$custom-light: #e8de88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8435,
    "c": 0.14729,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D151

secondary

#393E95

accent

#4AE741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D151

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

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