#D9D05B#D9D05B

#D9D05B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.138 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D05B
RGB	rgb(217, 208, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 58.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.17, -11.46, 57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.17, 59.02, 101.20°)
OKLab	oklab(84.24% -0.0355 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(84.24% 0.138 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.0612, 60.6206, 18.8014)
Luminance	0.6062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D05B #5B64D9

analogous

#D9915B #D9D05B #A3D95B

triadic

#D9D05B #5BD9D0 #D05BD9

tetradic

#D9D05B #5BD991 #5B64D9 #D95BA3

square

#D9D05B #5BD991 #5B64D9 #D95BA3

split-complementary

#D9D05B #5BA3D9 #915BD9

monochromatic

#978E23 #C8BD2E #D9D05B #E5DE8D #F0ECBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#D9D05B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#D9D05B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D05B

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D05B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D05B	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)

#E0C94E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d05b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 208, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.138 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7de8d',
    500: '#d9d05b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d05b;
$custom-light: #e7de8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d05b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84238,
    "c": 0.13822,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D05B

secondary

#3D449B

accent

#28CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D05B

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

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