#D9D249#D9D249

#D9D249 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.154 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D249
RGB	rgb(217, 210, 73)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.55, -13.61, 65.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.55, 67.21, 101.68°)
OKLab	oklab(84.49% -0.0435 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(84.49% 0.154 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.8664, 61.3278, 15.3547)
Luminance	0.6133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D249 #4950D9

analogous

#D98A49 #D9D249 #98D949

triadic

#D9D249 #49D9D2 #D249D9

tetradic

#D9D249 #49D98A #4950D9 #D94998

square

#D9D249 #49D98A #4950D9 #D94998

split-complementary

#D9D249 #4998D9 #8A49D9

monochromatic

#8B851D #BDB628 #D9D249 #E4DF7C #EEEBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#D9D249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#D9D249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D249

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D249	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 210, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.154 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8df83',
    500: '#d9d249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d249;
$custom-light: #e8df83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.083,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84493,
    "c": 0.15409,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D249

secondary

#363A91

accent

#48E83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D249

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

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