#D9D251#D9D251

#D9D251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.148 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D251
RGB	rgb(217, 210, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 62.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.62, -13.14, 62.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.62, 64.03, 101.84°)
OKLab	oklab(84.56% -0.0413 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(84.56% 0.148 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.1489, 61.4408, 16.8426)
Luminance	0.6144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D251 #5158D9

analogous

#D98E51 #D9D251 #9CD951

triadic

#D9D251 #51D9D2 #D251D9

tetradic

#D9D251 #51D98E #5158D9 #D9519C

square

#D9D251 #51D98E #5158D9 #D9519C

split-complementary

#D9D251 #519CD9 #8E51D9

monochromatic

#908A1F #C2BB2A #D9D251 #E4DF83 #EFECB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#D9D251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#D9D251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D251

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D251	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 210, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.148 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8df88',
    500: '#d9d251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d251;
$custom-light: #e8df88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.912,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8456,
    "c": 0.14824,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D251

secondary

#393E95

accent

#49E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D251

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

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