#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
RGB	rgb(217, 216, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 62.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.20, -16.12, 64.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.20, 66.34, 104.07°)
OKLab	oklab(85.83% -0.0498 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(85.83% 0.154 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.6581, 64.4591, 17.3456)
Luminance	0.6446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##D9D851	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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