#D9D440#D9D440

#D9D440 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.162 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D440
RGB	rgb(217, 212, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.03, -15.07, 69.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.03, 71.25, 102.21°)
OKLab	oklab(84.85% -0.0485 0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(84.85% 0.162 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.0862, 62.2106, 14.0610)
Luminance	0.6221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D440 #4045D9

analogous

#D98740 #D9D440 #92D940

triadic

#D9D440 #40D9D4 #D440D9

tetradic

#D9D440 #40D987 #4045D9 #D94092

square

#D9D440 #40D987 #4045D9 #D94092

split-complementary

#D9D440 #4092D9 #8740D9

monochromatic

#84811A #B7B324 #D9D440 #E3DF73 #EDEBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#D9D440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#D9D440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D440

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D440	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 212, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.162 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e07e',
    500: '#d9d440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d440;
$custom-light: #e8e07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.039,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84849,
    "c": 0.16182,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D440

secondary

#32358B

accent

#44EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D440

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

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