#D9D140#D9D140

#D9D140 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.159 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D140
RGB	rgb(217, 209, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.23, -13.57, 68.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.23, 70.19, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(84.22% -0.0443 0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(84.22% 0.159 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.3432, 60.7247, 13.8133)
Luminance	0.6072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D140 #4048D9

analogous

#D98540 #D9D140 #94D940

triadic

#D9D140 #40D9D1 #D140D9

tetradic

#D9D140 #40D985 #4048D9 #D94094

square

#D9D140 #40D985 #4048D9 #D94094

split-complementary

#D9D140 #4094D9 #8540D9

monochromatic

#847F1A #B7B024 #D9D140 #E3DD73 #EDEAA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#D9D140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#D9D140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D140

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D140	1.00	1.60	13.14	13.14
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3C927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 209, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.159 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8de7e',
    500: '#d9d140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d140;
$custom-light: #e8de7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.863,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84216,
    "c": 0.15904,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D140

secondary

#32378B

accent

#47EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D140

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

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