#D9D059#D9D059

#D9D059 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.140 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D059
RGB	rgb(217, 208, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 59%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.16, -11.60, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.16, 59.89, 101.17°)
OKLab	oklab(84.22% -0.0361 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(84.22% 0.14 105)
XYZ	xyz(52.9761, 60.5865, 18.3531)
Luminance	0.6058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D059 #5962D9

analogous

#D99059 #D9D059 #A2D959

triadic

#D9D059 #59D9D0 #D059D9

tetradic

#D9D059 #59D990 #5962D9 #D959A2

square

#D9D059 #59D990 #5962D9 #D959A2

split-complementary

#D9D059 #59A2D9 #9059D9

monochromatic

#958D22 #C7BC2E #D9D059 #E4DE8B #F0ECBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#D9D059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#D9D059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D059

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D059	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 208, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.140 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8de8c',
    500: '#d9d059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d059;
$custom-light: #e8de8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.781,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84217,
    "c": 0.13991,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.60585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D059

secondary

#3C439A

accent

#4EE642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D059

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

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