#D9D477#D9D477

#D9D477 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.116 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D477
RGB	rgb(217, 212, 119)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 45.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.53, -11.13, 46.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.53, 47.71, 103.49°)
OKLab	oklab(85.42% -0.0316 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(85.42% 0.116 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.4897, 63.1720, 26.7196)
Luminance	0.6317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D477 #777CD9

analogous

#D9A377 #D9D477 #ADD977

triadic

#D9D477 #77D9D4 #D477D9

tetradic

#D9D477 #77D9A3 #777CD9 #D977AD

square

#D9D477 #77D9A3 #777CD9 #D977AD

split-complementary

#D9D477 #77ADD9 #A377D9

monochromatic

#A7A12F #CCC547 #D9D477 #E6E3A7 #F4F2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#D9D477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#D9D477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D477

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D477	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CE6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D27B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 212, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.116 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e1a0',
    500: '#d9d477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d477;
$custom-light: #e6e1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.939,
    "s": 56.322,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85417,
    "c": 0.11566,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D477

secondary

#4A4FAA

accent

#2AC422

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D477

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

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