#D9D142#D9D142

#D9D142 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.158 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D142
RGB	rgb(217, 209, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.24, -13.47, 68.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.24, 69.47, 101.18°)
OKLab	oklab(84.23% -0.0439 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(84.23% 0.158 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.4012, 60.7479, 14.1185)
Luminance	0.6075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D142 #424AD9

analogous

#D98542 #D9D142 #96D942

triadic

#D9D142 #42D9D1 #D142D9

tetradic

#D9D142 #42D985 #424AD9 #D94296

square

#D9D142 #42D985 #424AD9 #D94296

split-complementary

#D9D142 #4296D9 #8542D9

monochromatic

#86801B #B9B125 #D9D142 #E3DD75 #EDEAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#D9D142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#D9D142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D142

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D142	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3C92B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 209, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.158 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8de7f',
    500: '#d9d142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d142;
$custom-light: #e8de7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.821,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8423,
    "c": 0.15779,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D142

secondary

#33388C

accent

#47E93E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D142

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

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