#D9D45E#D9D45E

#D9D45E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.140 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D45E
RGB	rgb(217, 212, 94)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 56.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.26, -13.25, 57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.26, 59.28, 102.92°)
OKLab	oklab(85.11% -0.0403 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(85.11% 0.14 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.1808, 62.6485, 19.8258)
Luminance	0.6265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D45E #5E63D9

analogous

#D9965E #D9D45E #A0D95E

triadic

#D9D45E #5ED9D4 #D45ED9

tetradic

#D9D45E #5ED996 #5E63D9 #D95EA0

square

#D9D45E #5ED996 #5E63D9 #D95EA0

split-complementary

#D9D45E #5EA0D9 #965ED9

monochromatic

#999424 #CAC430 #D9D45E #E5E190 #F0EEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#D9D45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#D9D45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D45E

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D45E	1.00	1.55	13.53	13.53
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 212, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.140 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e190',
    500: '#d9d45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d45e;
$custom-light: #e7e190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.561,
    "s": 61.809,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85108,
    "c": 0.13963,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D45E

secondary

#3E429D

accent

#23CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D45E

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

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