#D9D155#D9D155

#D9D155 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.144 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D155
RGB	rgb(217, 209, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 60.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.38, -12.38, 60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.38, 61.98, 101.52°)
OKLab	oklab(84.39% -0.0388 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(84.39% 0.144 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.0573, 61.0103, 17.5739)
Luminance	0.6101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D155 #555DD9

analogous

#D98F55 #D9D155 #9FD955

triadic

#D9D155 #55D9D1 #D155D9

tetradic

#D9D155 #55D98F #555DD9 #D9559F

square

#D9D155 #55D98F #555DD9 #D9559F

split-complementary

#D9D155 #559FD9 #8F55D9

monochromatic

#938C21 #C5BC2C #D9D155 #E4DF87 #EFECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#D9D155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#D9D155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D155

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D155	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 209, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.144 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8de8a',
    500: '#d9d155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d155;
$custom-light: #e8de8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84387,
    "c": 0.14415,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D155

secondary

#3A4098

accent

#4BE641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D155

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

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