#D9D166#D9D166

#D9D166 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.129 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D166
RGB	rgb(217, 209, 102)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 53%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.55, -11.13, 53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.55, 54.47, 101.79°)
OKLab	oklab(84.57% -0.0333 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(84.57% 0.129 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.8156, 61.3136, 21.5677)
Luminance	0.6131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D166 #666ED9

analogous

#D99766 #D9D166 #A8D966

triadic

#D9D166 #66D9D1 #D166D9

tetradic

#D9D166 #66D997 #666ED9 #D966A8

square

#D9D166 #66D997 #666ED9 #D966A8

split-complementary

#D9D166 #66A8D9 #9766D9

monochromatic

#9D9527 #CDC235 #D9D166 #E5E097 #F1EEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#D9D166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#D9D166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D166

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D166	1.00	1.58	13.26	13.26
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CB5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D06B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 209, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.129 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7de95',
    500: '#d9d166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d166;
$custom-light: #e7de95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.826,
    "s": 60.209,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84569,
    "c": 0.12936,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D166

secondary

#4248A1

accent

#29C81E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D166

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

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