#D9D160#D9D160

#D9D160 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.135 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D160
RGB	rgb(217, 209, 96)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 55.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.49, -11.60, 56.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.49, 57.19, 101.70°)
OKLab	oklab(84.5% -0.0353 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(84.5% 0.135 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.5287, 61.1989, 20.0569)
Luminance	0.6120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D160 #6068D9

analogous

#D99560 #D9D160 #A5D960

triadic

#D9D160 #60D9D1 #D160D9

tetradic

#D9D160 #60D995 #6068D9 #D960A5

square

#D9D160 #60D995 #6068D9 #D960A5

split-complementary

#D9D160 #60A5D9 #9560D9

monochromatic

#9A9225 #CBC131 #D9D160 #E5DF91 #F1EEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#D9D160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#D9D160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D160

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D160	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 209, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.135 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7de91',
    500: '#d9d160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d160;
$custom-light: #e7de91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.033,
    "s": 61.421,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.845,
    "c": 0.13485,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D160

secondary

#3F459E

accent

#28C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D160

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

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