#D9D357#D9D357

#D9D357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.144 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D357
RGB	rgb(217, 211, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.93, -13.25, 60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.93, 61.91, 102.36°)
OKLab	oklab(84.83% -0.041 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(84.83% 0.144 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.6316, 62.0301, 18.1629)
Luminance	0.6203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D357 #575DD9

analogous

#D99257 #D9D357 #9ED957

triadic

#D9D357 #57D9D3 #D357D9

tetradic

#D9D357 #57D992 #575DD9 #D9579E

square

#D9D357 #57D992 #575DD9 #D9579E

split-complementary

#D9D357 #579ED9 #9257D9

monochromatic

#948F21 #C6BF2D #D9D357 #E4E089 #F0EDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#D9D357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#D9D357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D357

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D357	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 211, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.144 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e08b',
    500: '#d9d357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d357;
$custom-light: #e8e08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84827,
    "c": 0.14449,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D357

secondary

#3B4099

accent

#49E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D357

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

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