#D9D253#D9D253

#D9D253 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.147 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D253
RGB	rgb(217, 210, 83)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 61.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.63, -13.01, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.63, 63.20, 101.88°)
OKLab	oklab(84.58% -0.0408 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(84.58% 0.147 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.2250, 61.4712, 17.2434)
Luminance	0.6147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D253 #535AD9

analogous

#D98F53 #D9D253 #9DD953

triadic

#D9D253 #53D9D2 #D253D9

tetradic

#D9D253 #53D98F #535AD9 #D9539D

square

#D9D253 #53D98F #535AD9 #D9539D

split-complementary

#D9D253 #539DD9 #8F53D9

monochromatic

#918C20 #C4BC2B #D9D253 #E4DF85 #EFECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#D9D253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#D9D253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D253

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D253	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 210, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.147 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8df89',
    500: '#d9d253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d253;
$custom-light: #e8df89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.866,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84579,
    "c": 0.1467,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D253

secondary

#3A3E97

accent

#4AE741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D253

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

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