#D9D355#D9D355

#D9D355 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.146 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D355
RGB	rgb(217, 211, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 60.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.91, -13.38, 61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.91, 62.75, 102.31°)
OKLab	oklab(84.81% -0.0416 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(84.81% 0.146 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.5510, 61.9978, 17.7385)
Luminance	0.6200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D355 #555BD9

analogous

#D99155 #D9D355 #9DD955

triadic

#D9D355 #55D9D3 #D355D9

tetradic

#D9D355 #55D991 #555BD9 #D9559D

square

#D9D355 #55D991 #555BD9 #D9559D

split-complementary

#D9D355 #559DD9 #9155D9

monochromatic

#938E21 #C5BE2C #D9D355 #E4E087 #EFEDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#D9D355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#D9D355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D355

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D355	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 211, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.146 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e08a',
    500: '#d9d355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d355;
$custom-light: #e8e08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84808,
    "c": 0.1461,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D355

secondary

#3A3F98

accent

#49E641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D355

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

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