#D9D437#D9D437

#D9D437 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.167 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D437
RGB	rgb(217, 212, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 74.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.98, -15.46, 72.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.98, 74.25, 102.02°)
OKLab	oklab(84.79% -0.0505 0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(84.79% 0.167 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.8504, 62.1163, 12.8194)
Luminance	0.6211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D437 #373CD9

analogous

#D98337 #D9D437 #8DD937

triadic

#D9D437 #37D9D4 #D437D9

tetradic

#D9D437 #37D983 #373CD9 #D9378D

square

#D9D437 #37D983 #373CD9 #D9378D

split-complementary

#D9D437 #378DD9 #8337D9

monochromatic

#7E7B18 #B1AD22 #D9D437 #E3DF6A #EDEA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#D9D437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#D9D437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D437

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D437	1.00	1.56	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 212, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.167 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e07a',
    500: '#d9d437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d437;
$custom-light: #e9e07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.148,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84793,
    "c": 0.1669,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D437

secondary

#2F3285

accent

#42EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D437

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

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