#D9D538#D9D538

#D9D538 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.167 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D538
RGB	rgb(217, 213, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.25, -15.92, 72.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.25, 74.28, 102.37°)
OKLab	oklab(85.01% -0.0516 0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(85.01% 0.167 108)
XYZ	xyz(53.1254, 62.6275, 13.0305)
Luminance	0.6263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D538 #383CD9

analogous

#D98438 #D9D538 #8CD938

triadic

#D9D538 #38D9D5 #D538D9

tetradic

#D9D538 #38D984 #383CD9 #D9388C

square

#D9D538 #38D984 #383CD9 #D9388C

split-complementary

#D9D538 #388CD9 #8438D9

monochromatic

#7E7C18 #B2AE22 #D9D538 #E3E06B #EDEB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#D9D538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#D9D538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D538

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D538	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)

#E7CC14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 213, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.167 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e17a',
    500: '#d9d538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d538;
$custom-light: #e9e17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.509,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85011,
    "c": 0.1673,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.62626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D538

secondary

#303286

accent

#41EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D538

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

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