#D9D042#D9D042

#D9D042 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.157 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D042
RGB	rgb(217, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.98, -12.97, 67.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.98, 69.12, 100.82°)
OKLab	oklab(84.02% -0.0424 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(84.02% 0.157 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.1566, 60.2587, 14.0369)
Luminance	0.6026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D042 #424BD9

analogous

#D98442 #D9D042 #96D942

triadic

#D9D042 #42D9D0 #D042D9

tetradic

#D9D042 #42D984 #424BD9 #D94296

square

#D9D042 #42D984 #424BD9 #D94296

split-complementary

#D9D042 #4296D9 #8442D9

monochromatic

#867F1B #B9B025 #D9D042 #E3DD75 #EDE9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#D9D042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#D9D042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D042

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D042	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)

#E2C82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.157 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8de7f',
    500: '#d9d042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d042;
$custom-light: #e8de7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.424,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84019,
    "c": 0.15687,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D042

secondary

#33388C

accent

#49E93E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D042

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

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