#D9D537#D9D537

#D9D537 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.168 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D537
RGB	rgb(217, 213, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 74.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.24, -15.96, 72.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.24, 74.59, 102.35°)
OKLab	oklab(85.01% -0.0518 0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(85.01% 0.168 108)
XYZ	xyz(53.1012, 62.6178, 12.9030)
Luminance	0.6262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D537 #373BD9

analogous

#D98437 #D9D537 #8CD937

triadic

#D9D537 #37D9D5 #D537D9

tetradic

#D9D537 #37D984 #373BD9 #D9378C

square

#D9D537 #37D984 #373BD9 #D9378C

split-complementary

#D9D537 #378CD9 #8437D9

monochromatic

#7E7B18 #B1AE22 #D9D537 #E3E06A #EDEB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#D9D537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#D9D537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D537

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D537	1.00	1.55	13.52	13.52
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CC11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 213, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.168 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e17a',
    500: '#d9d537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d537;
$custom-light: #e9e17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.519,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85005,
    "c": 0.16783,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.62616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D537

secondary

#2F3185

accent

#41EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D537

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

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