#D9D551#D9D551

#D9D551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.151 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D551
RGB	rgb(217, 213, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 62.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.41, -14.63, 63.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.41, 65.17, 102.98°)
OKLab	oklab(85.19% -0.0456 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(85.19% 0.151 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.8965, 62.9360, 17.0918)
Luminance	0.6293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D551 #5155D9

analogous

#D99151 #D9D551 #99D951

triadic

#D9D551 #51D9D5 #D551D9

tetradic

#D9D551 #51D991 #5155D9 #D95199

square

#D9D551 #51D991 #5155D9 #D95199

split-complementary

#D9D551 #5199D9 #9151D9

monochromatic

#908D1F #C2BE2A #D9D551 #E4E183 #EFEDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#D9D551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#D9D551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D551

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D551	1.00	1.55	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 213, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.151 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e188',
    500: '#d9d551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d551;
$custom-light: #e8e188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85193,
    "c": 0.15118,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D551

secondary

#393C95

accent

#46E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D551

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

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