#D9D159#D9D159

#D9D159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.141 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D159
RGB	rgb(217, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 59%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.42, -12.11, 59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.42, 60.27, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(84.43% -0.0376 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(84.43% 0.141 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.2207, 61.0757, 18.4346)
Luminance	0.6107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D159 #5961D9

analogous

#D99159 #D9D159 #A1D959

triadic

#D9D159 #59D9D1 #D159D9

tetradic

#D9D159 #59D991 #5961D9 #D959A1

square

#D9D159 #59D991 #5961D9 #D959A1

split-complementary

#D9D159 #59A1D9 #9159D9

monochromatic

#958E22 #C7BE2E #D9D159 #E4DF8B #F0EDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#D9D159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#D9D159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D159

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D159	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)

#E1CA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.141 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8de8c',
    500: '#d9d159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d159;
$custom-light: #e8de8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84427,
    "c": 0.14088,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D159

secondary

#3C429A

accent

#4CE642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D159

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

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