#D9D481#D9D481

#D9D481 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.105 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D481
RGB	rgb(217, 212, 129)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 41%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 40.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.67, -10.12, 41.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.67, 42.84, 103.67°)
OKLab	oklab(85.57% -0.0279 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(85.57% 0.105 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.1222, 63.4250, 30.0505)
Luminance	0.6342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D481 #8186D9

analogous

#D9A881 #D9D481 #B2D981

triadic

#D9D481 #81D9D4 #D481D9

tetradic

#D9D481 #81D9A8 #8186D9 #D981B2

square

#D9D481 #81D9A8 #8186D9 #D981B2

split-complementary

#D9D481 #81B2D9 #A881D9

monochromatic

#ACA534 #CBC452 #D9D481 #E7E4B0 #F5F4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#D9D481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#D9D481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D481

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D481	1.00	1.53	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CE7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D285

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5CAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 212, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.105 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e1a7',
    500: '#d9d481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d481;
$custom-light: #e6e1a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.591,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85565,
    "c": 0.10493,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D481

secondary

#4F55AF

accent

#2DC124

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D481

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

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