#D9D161#D9D161

#D9D161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.134 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D161
RGB	rgb(217, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 55.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.50, -11.52, 55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.50, 56.75, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(84.51% -0.035 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(84.51% 0.134 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.5750, 61.2174, 20.3010)
Luminance	0.6122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D161 #6169D9

analogous

#D99561 #D9D161 #A5D961

triadic

#D9D161 #61D9D1 #D161D9

tetradic

#D9D161 #61D995 #6169D9 #D961A5

square

#D9D161 #61D995 #6169D9 #D961A5

split-complementary

#D9D161 #61A5D9 #9561D9

monochromatic

#9A9325 #CCC131 #D9D161 #E5DF92 #F1EEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#D9D161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#D9D161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D161

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D161	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)

#E1CA56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.134 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7de91',
    500: '#d9d161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d161;
$custom-light: #e7de91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84512,
    "c": 0.13395,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D161

secondary

#3F469F

accent

#28C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D161

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

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