#D9D040#D9D040

#D9D040 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.158 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D040
RGB	rgb(217, 208, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.97, -13.07, 68.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.97, 69.84, 100.79°)
OKLab	oklab(84.01% -0.0429 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(84.01% 0.158 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.0986, 60.2355, 13.7318)
Luminance	0.6023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D040 #4049D9

analogous

#D98440 #D9D040 #95D940

triadic

#D9D040 #40D9D0 #D040D9

tetradic

#D9D040 #40D984 #4049D9 #D94095

square

#D9D040 #40D984 #4049D9 #D94095

split-complementary

#D9D040 #4095D9 #8440D9

monochromatic

#847E1A #B7AF24 #D9D040 #E3DD73 #EDE9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#D9D040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#D9D040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D040

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D040	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 208, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.158 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8de7e',
    500: '#d9d040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d040;
$custom-light: #e8de7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84005,
    "c": 0.15813,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D040

secondary

#32388B

accent

#48EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D040

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

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