#D9D356#D9D356

#D9D356 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.145 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D356
RGB	rgb(217, 211, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.92, -13.31, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.92, 62.33, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(84.82% -0.0413 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(84.82% 0.145 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.5910, 62.0138, 17.9492)
Luminance	0.6201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D356 #565CD9

analogous

#D99256 #D9D356 #9ED956

triadic

#D9D356 #56D9D3 #D356D9

tetradic

#D9D356 #56D992 #565CD9 #D9569E

square

#D9D356 #56D992 #565CD9 #D9569E

split-complementary

#D9D356 #569ED9 #9256D9

monochromatic

#938E21 #C5BE2C #D9D356 #E4E088 #EFEDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#D9D356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#D9D356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D356

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D356	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)

#E4CC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 211, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.145 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e08b',
    500: '#d9d356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d356;
$custom-light: #e8e08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.252,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84817,
    "c": 0.14531,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D356

secondary

#3B3F98

accent

#49E641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D356

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

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