#D9D461#D9D461

#D9D461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.137 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D461
RGB	rgb(217, 212, 97)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 55.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.29, -13.03, 56.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.29, 57.95, 102.99°)
OKLab	oklab(85.14% -0.0393 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(85.14% 0.137 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.3180, 62.7034, 20.5486)
Luminance	0.6270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D461 #6166D9

analogous

#D99861 #D9D461 #A2D961

triadic

#D9D461 #61D9D4 #D461D9

tetradic

#D9D461 #61D998 #6166D9 #D961A2

square

#D9D461 #61D998 #6166D9 #D961A2

split-complementary

#D9D461 #61A2D9 #9861D9

monochromatic

#9A9625 #CCC531 #D9D461 #E5E192 #F1EFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#D9D461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#D9D461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D461

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D461	1.00	1.55	13.54	13.54
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 212, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.137 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e191',
    500: '#d9d461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d461;
$custom-light: #e7e191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85141,
    "c": 0.13698,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D461

secondary

#3F439F

accent

#24C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D461

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

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