#D9D290#D9D290

#D9D290 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.086 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D290
RGB	rgb(217, 210, 144)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(54, 34%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 33.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.37, -7.42, 33.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.37, 34.45, 102.43°)
OKLab	oklab(85.4% -0.0191 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(85.4% 0.086 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.6965, 62.8598, 35.5266)
Luminance	0.6286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D290 #9097D9

analogous

#D9AD90 #D9D290 #BBD990

triadic

#D9D290 #90D9D2 #D290D9

tetradic

#D9D290 #90D9AD #9097D9 #D990BB

square

#D9D290 #90D9AD #9097D9 #D990BB

split-complementary

#D9D290 #90BBD9 #AD90D9

monochromatic

#B2A73D #C9C062 #D9D290 #E9E4BE #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#D9D290 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#D9D290 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D290

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D290	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D290	1.00	1.55	13.57	13.57
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECE8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D193

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d290;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 210, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.086 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5dfb1',
    500: '#d9d290',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d290;
$custom-light: #e5dfb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d290",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.247,
    "s": 48.993,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85403,
    "c": 0.08556,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D290

secondary

#5D65B0

accent

#37BC29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D290

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

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