#D9D057#D9D057

#D9D057 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.142 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D057
RGB	rgb(217, 208, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.14, -11.74, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.14, 60.75, 101.14°)
OKLab	oklab(84.2% -0.0367 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(84.2% 0.142 105)
XYZ	xyz(52.8933, 60.5534, 17.9168)
Luminance	0.6055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D057 #5760D9

analogous

#D98F57 #D9D057 #A1D957

triadic

#D9D057 #57D9D0 #D057D9

tetradic

#D9D057 #57D98F #5760D9 #D957A1

square

#D9D057 #57D98F #5760D9 #D957A1

split-complementary

#D9D057 #57A1D9 #8F57D9

monochromatic

#948C21 #C6BB2D #D9D057 #E4DE89 #F0ECBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#D9D057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#D9D057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D057

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D057	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 208, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.142 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8de8b',
    500: '#d9d057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d057;
$custom-light: #e8de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.846,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84197,
    "c": 0.14156,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.60552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D057

secondary

#3B4299

accent

#4DE642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D057

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

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