#D9D442#D9D442

#D9D442 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.161 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D442
RGB	rgb(217, 212, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.04, -14.97, 68.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.04, 70.54, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(84.86% -0.0481 0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(84.86% 0.161 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.1441, 62.2338, 14.3661)
Luminance	0.6223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D442 #4247D9

analogous

#D98842 #D9D442 #93D942

triadic

#D9D442 #42D9D4 #D442D9

tetradic

#D9D442 #42D988 #4247D9 #D94293

square

#D9D442 #42D988 #4247D9 #D94293

split-complementary

#D9D442 #4293D9 #8842D9

monochromatic

#86821B #B9B425 #D9D442 #E3E075 #EDEBA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#D9D442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#D9D442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D442

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D442	1.00	1.56	13.45	13.45
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 212, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.161 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e07f',
    500: '#d9d442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d442;
$custom-light: #e8e07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.013,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84863,
    "c": 0.16058,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D442

secondary

#33368C

accent

#44E93E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D442

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

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