#D9D951#D9D951

#D9D951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.155 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D951
RGB	rgb(217, 217, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.47, -16.62, 64.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.47, 66.73, 104.42°)
OKLab	oklab(86.04% -0.0512 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(86.04% 0.155 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.9151, 64.9730, 17.4313)
Luminance	0.6497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D951 #5151D9

analogous

#D99551 #D9D951 #95D951

triadic

#D9D951 #51D9D9 #D951D9

tetradic

#D9D951 #51D995 #5151D9 #D95195

square

#D9D951 #51D995 #5151D9 #D95195

split-complementary

#D9D951 #5195D9 #9551D9

monochromatic

#90901F #C2C22A #D9D951 #E4E483 #EFEFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#D9D951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#D9D951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D951

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D951	1.00	1.50	13.99	13.99
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 217, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.155 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e488',
    500: '#d9d951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d951;
$custom-light: #e8e488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86039,
    "c": 0.1552,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D951

secondary

#393995

accent

#41E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D951

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

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