#D9D15E#D9D15E

#D9D15E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.137 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D15E
RGB	rgb(217, 209, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 56.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.47, -11.75, 56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.47, 58.09, 101.67°)
OKLab	oklab(84.48% -0.036 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(84.48% 0.137 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.4378, 61.1625, 19.5782)
Luminance	0.6116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D15E #5E66D9

analogous

#D9935E #D9D15E #A3D95E

triadic

#D9D15E #5ED9D1 #D15ED9

tetradic

#D9D15E #5ED993 #5E66D9 #D95EA3

square

#D9D15E #5ED993 #5E66D9 #D95EA3

split-complementary

#D9D15E #5EA3D9 #935ED9

monochromatic

#999124 #CAC030 #D9D15E #E5DF90 #F0EDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#D9D15E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#D9D15E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D15E

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D15E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D15E	1.00	1.59	13.23	13.23
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d15e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 209, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.137 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7de8f',
    500: '#d9d15e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d15e;
$custom-light: #e7de8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d15e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.098,
    "s": 61.809,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84479,
    "c": 0.13661,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D15E

secondary

#3E449D

accent

#27CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D15E

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

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