#D9D457#D9D457

#D9D457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.145 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D457
RGB	rgb(217, 212, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.19, -13.75, 60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.19, 62.30, 102.75°)
OKLab	oklab(85.04% -0.0424 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(85.04% 0.145 107)
XYZ	xyz(53.8808, 62.5285, 18.2459)
Luminance	0.6253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D457 #575CD9

analogous

#D99357 #D9D457 #9DD957

triadic

#D9D457 #57D9D4 #D457D9

tetradic

#D9D457 #57D993 #575CD9 #D9579D

square

#D9D457 #57D993 #575CD9 #D9579D

split-complementary

#D9D457 #579DD9 #9357D9

monochromatic

#949021 #C6C02D #D9D457 #E4E189 #F0EEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#D9D457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#D9D457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D457

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D457	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 212, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.145 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e18b',
    500: '#d9d457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d457;
$custom-light: #e8e18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85037,
    "c": 0.14549,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.62527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D457

secondary

#3B3F99

accent

#48E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D457

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

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