#D9D451#D9D451

#D9D451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.150 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D451
RGB	rgb(217, 212, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 62.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.14, -14.14, 63.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.14, 64.79, 102.60°)
OKLab	oklab(84.98% -0.0442 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(84.98% 0.15 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.6458, 62.4345, 17.0082)
Luminance	0.6243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D451 #5156D9

analogous

#D99051 #D9D451 #9AD951

triadic

#D9D451 #51D9D4 #D451D9

tetradic

#D9D451 #51D990 #5156D9 #D9519A

square

#D9D451 #51D990 #5156D9 #D9519A

split-complementary

#D9D451 #519AD9 #9051D9

monochromatic

#908C1F #C2BD2A #D9D451 #E4E083 #EFEDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#D9D451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#D9D451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D451

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D451	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 212, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.150 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e188',
    500: '#d9d451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d451;
$custom-light: #e8e188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.794,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84982,
    "c": 0.15019,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D451

secondary

#393C95

accent

#47E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D451

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

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