#D9D851#D9D851

#D9D851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.154 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#D9D851
RGBrgb(217, 216, 81)
HSLhsl(60, 64%, 58%)
HSVhsv(60, 63%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0.5%, 62.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(84.20, -16.12, 64.35)
CIE-LCHlch(84.20, 66.34, 104.07°)
OKLaboklab(85.83% -0.0498 0.1459)
OKLCHoklch(85.83% 0.154 108.8)
XYZxyz(54.6581, 64.4591, 17.3456)
Luminance0.6446 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#D9D851 #5152D9
analogous
#D99451 #D9D851 #96D951
triadic
#D9D851 #51D9D8 #D851D9
tetradic
#D9D851 #51D994 #5152D9 #D95196
square
#D9D851 #51D994 #5152D9 #D95196
split-complementary
#D9D851 #5196D9 #9451D9
monochromatic
#908F1F #C2C12A #D9D851 #E4E383 #EFEFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51
#D9D851 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89
#D9D851 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D851
13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##D9D851#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##D9D8511.001.5113.8913.89
#FFFFFF1.511.0021.0021.00
#00000013.8921.001.001.00
##00000013.8921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E9D040
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EBD459
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E8CBBC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #d9d851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 216, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.154 108.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e388',
    500: '#d9d851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #d9d851;
$custom-light: #e8e388;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#d9d851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.559,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85827,
    "c": 0.15418,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#D9D851
secondary
#393995
accent
#42E741
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#16150C
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D851

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#D9D851 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva