#D9D255#D9D255

#D9D255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.145 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D255
RGB	rgb(217, 210, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 60.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.65, -12.88, 61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.65, 62.37, 101.92°)
OKLab	oklab(84.6% -0.0402 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(84.6% 0.145 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.3034, 61.5025, 17.6559)
Luminance	0.6150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D255 #555CD9

analogous

#D99055 #D9D255 #9ED955

triadic

#D9D255 #55D9D2 #D255D9

tetradic

#D9D255 #55D990 #555CD9 #D9559E

square

#D9D255 #55D990 #555CD9 #D9559E

split-complementary

#D9D255 #559ED9 #9055D9

monochromatic

#938D21 #C5BD2C #D9D255 #E4DF87 #EFECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#D9D255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#D9D255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D255

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D255	1.00	1.58	13.30	13.30
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 210, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.145 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8df8a',
    500: '#d9d255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d255;
$custom-light: #e8df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.818,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84597,
    "c": 0.14513,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D255

secondary

#3A3F98

accent

#4AE641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D255

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

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