#D9DD51#D9DD51

#D9DD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.159 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9DD51
RGB	rgb(217, 221, 81)
HSL	hsl(62, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.53, -18.58, 65.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.53, 68.32, 105.78°)
OKLab	oklab(86.89% -0.0567 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(86.89% 0.159 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.9586, 67.0601, 17.7791)
Luminance	0.6706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9DD51 #5551DD

analogous

#DD9B51 #D9DD51 #93DD51

triadic

#D9DD51 #51D9DD #DD51D9

tetradic

#D9DD51 #51DD9B #5551DD #DD5193

square

#D9DD51 #51DD9B #5551DD #DD5193

split-complementary

#D9DD51 #5193DD #9B51DD

monochromatic

#93961D #C5C927 #D9DD51 #E4E784 #EFF1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#D9DD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.41

#D9DD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9DD51

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9DD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9DD51	1.00	1.46	14.41	14.41
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9dd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 221, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.159 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e788',
    500: '#d9dd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9dd51;
$custom-light: #e8e788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9dd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.714,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86889,
    "c": 0.15932,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9DD51

secondary

#3A389B

accent

#3EEA43

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9DD51

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

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