#D9D459#D9D459

#D9D459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.144 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D459
RGB	rgb(217, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 59%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.21, -13.61, 59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.21, 61.44, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(85.06% -0.0418 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(85.06% 0.144 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.9636, 62.5616, 18.6822)
Luminance	0.6256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D459 #595ED9

analogous

#D99459 #D9D459 #9ED959

triadic

#D9D459 #59D9D4 #D459D9

tetradic

#D9D459 #59D994 #595ED9 #D9599E

square

#D9D459 #59D994 #595ED9 #D9599E

split-complementary

#D9D459 #599ED9 #9459D9

monochromatic

#959122 #C7C12E #D9D459 #E4E18B #F0EEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#D9D459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#D9D459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D459

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D459	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)

#E4CC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.144 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e18d',
    500: '#d9d459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d459;
$custom-light: #e8e18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.656,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85057,
    "c": 0.14386,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D459

secondary

#3C409A

accent

#48E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D459

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

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