#D9D15A#D9D15A

#D9D15A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.140 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D15A
RGB	rgb(217, 209, 90)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 58.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.43, -12.04, 58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.43, 59.84, 101.60°)
OKLab	oklab(84.44% -0.0372 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(84.44% 0.14 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.2629, 61.0926, 18.6572)
Luminance	0.6109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D15A #5A62D9

analogous

#D9915A #D9D15A #A2D95A

triadic

#D9D15A #5AD9D1 #D15AD9

tetradic

#D9D15A #5AD991 #5A62D9 #D95AA2

square

#D9D15A #5AD991 #5A62D9 #D95AA2

split-complementary

#D9D15A #5AA2D9 #915AD9

monochromatic

#968F23 #C8BE2E #D9D15A #E4DF8C #F0EDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#D9D15A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#D9D15A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D15A

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D15A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D15A	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d15a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 209, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.140 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7de8d',
    500: '#d9d15a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d15a;
$custom-light: #e7de8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d15a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84437,
    "c": 0.14004,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D15A

secondary

#3C429B

accent

#26CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D15A

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

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