#D9D261#D9D261

#D9D261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.135 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D261
RGB	rgb(217, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 55.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.76, -12.03, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.76, 57.14, 102.15°)
OKLab	oklab(84.72% -0.0365 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(84.72% 0.135 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.8212, 61.7096, 20.3830)
Luminance	0.6171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D261 #6168D9

analogous

#D99661 #D9D261 #A4D961

triadic

#D9D261 #61D9D2 #D261D9

tetradic

#D9D261 #61D996 #6168D9 #D961A4

square

#D9D261 #61D996 #6168D9 #D961A4

split-complementary

#D9D261 #61A4D9 #9661D9

monochromatic

#9A9425 #CCC331 #D9D261 #E5E092 #F1EEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#D9D261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#D9D261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D261

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D261	1.00	1.57	13.34	13.34
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.135 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7df91',
    500: '#d9d261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d261;
$custom-light: #e7df91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.5,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84721,
    "c": 0.13496,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D261

secondary

#3F459F

accent

#27C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D261

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

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