#D9D242#D9D242

#D9D242 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.159 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D242
RGB	rgb(217, 210, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.51, -13.97, 68.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.51, 69.83, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(84.44% -0.0453 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(84.44% 0.159 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.6473, 61.2401, 14.2005)
Luminance	0.6124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D242 #4249D9

analogous

#D98742 #D9D242 #94D942

triadic

#D9D242 #42D9D2 #D242D9

tetradic

#D9D242 #42D987 #4249D9 #D94294

square

#D9D242 #42D987 #4249D9 #D94294

split-complementary

#D9D242 #4294D9 #8742D9

monochromatic

#86811B #B9B225 #D9D242 #E3DE75 #EDEAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#D9D242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#D9D242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D242

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D242	1.00	1.59	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CA2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 210, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.159 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8df7f',
    500: '#d9d242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d242;
$custom-light: #e8df7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.219,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8444,
    "c": 0.15871,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D242

secondary

#33378C

accent

#46E93E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D242

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

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