#D9D250#D9D250

#D9D250 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.149 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D250
RGB	rgb(217, 210, 80)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 63.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.61, -13.20, 63.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.61, 64.44, 101.82°)
OKLab	oklab(84.55% -0.0416 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(84.55% 0.149 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.1117, 61.4259, 16.6465)
Luminance	0.6142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D250 #5057D9

analogous

#D98D50 #D9D250 #9BD950

triadic

#D9D250 #50D9D2 #D250D9

tetradic

#D9D250 #50D98D #5057D9 #D9509B

square

#D9D250 #50D98D #5057D9 #D9509B

split-complementary

#D9D250 #509BD9 #8D50D9

monochromatic

#8F8A1F #C2BA2A #D9D250 #E4DF82 #EFECB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#D9D250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#D9D250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D250

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D250	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 210, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.149 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8df87',
    500: '#d9d250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d250;
$custom-light: #e8df87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.934,
    "s": 64.319,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84552,
    "c": 0.14901,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D250

secondary

#383D95

accent

#49E740

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D250

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

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