#D9D156#D9D156

#D9D156 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.143 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D156
RGB	rgb(217, 209, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.39, -12.31, 60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.39, 61.56, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(84.4% -0.0385 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(84.4% 0.143 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.0973, 61.0263, 17.7846)
Luminance	0.6102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D156 #565ED9

analogous

#D99056 #D9D156 #A0D956

triadic

#D9D156 #56D9D1 #D156D9

tetradic

#D9D156 #56D990 #565ED9 #D956A0

square

#D9D156 #56D990 #565ED9 #D956A0

split-complementary

#D9D156 #56A0D9 #9056D9

monochromatic

#938C21 #C5BC2C #D9D156 #E4DF88 #EFECBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#D9D156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#D9D156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D156

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D156	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 209, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.143 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8de8a',
    500: '#d9d156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d156;
$custom-light: #e8de8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84397,
    "c": 0.14335,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D156

secondary

#3B4198

accent

#4CE641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D156

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

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