#D9D257#D9D257

#D9D257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.144 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D257
RGB	rgb(217, 210, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.67, -12.75, 60.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.67, 61.52, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(84.62% -0.0396 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(84.62% 0.144 106)
XYZ	xyz(53.3839, 61.5348, 18.0803)
Luminance	0.6153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D257 #575ED9

analogous

#D99157 #D9D257 #9FD957

triadic

#D9D257 #57D9D2 #D257D9

tetradic

#D9D257 #57D991 #575ED9 #D9579F

square

#D9D257 #57D991 #575ED9 #D9579F

split-complementary

#D9D257 #579FD9 #9157D9

monochromatic

#948E21 #C6BE2D #D9D257 #E4DF89 #F0EDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#D9D257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#D9D257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D257

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D257	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 210, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.144 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8df8b',
    500: '#d9d257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d257;
$custom-light: #e8df8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.769,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84617,
    "c": 0.14351,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.61533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D257

secondary

#3B4099

accent

#4BE642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D257

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

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