#D9DB51#D9DB51

#D9DB51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.157 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9DB51
RGB	rgb(217, 219, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.00, -17.60, 65.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.00, 67.52, 105.11°)
OKLab	oklab(86.46% -0.054 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(86.46% 0.157 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.4337, 66.0103, 17.6042)
Luminance	0.6601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9DB51 #5351DB

analogous

#DB9851 #D9DB51 #94DB51

triadic

#D9DB51 #51D9DB #DB51D9

tetradic

#D9DB51 #51DB98 #5351DB #DB5194

square

#D9DB51 #51DB98 #5351DB #DB5194

split-complementary

#D9DB51 #5194DB #9851DB

monochromatic

#91931E #C4C629 #D9DB51 #E4E584 #EFF0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#D9DB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#D9DB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9DB51

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9DB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9DB51	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9db51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 219, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.157 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e588',
    500: '#d9db51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9db51;
$custom-light: #e8e588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9db51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.87,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86464,
    "c": 0.15725,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9DB51

secondary

#3A3898

accent

#3FE942

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9DB51

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

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