#D9D540#D9D540

#D9D540 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.163 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D540
RGB	rgb(217, 213, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.29, -15.56, 69.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.29, 71.61, 102.55°)
OKLab	oklab(85.06% -0.0499 0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(85.06% 0.163 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.3369, 62.7121, 14.1446)
Luminance	0.6271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D540 #4044D9

analogous

#D98840 #D9D540 #91D940

triadic

#D9D540 #40D9D5 #D540D9

tetradic

#D9D540 #40D988 #4044D9 #D94091

square

#D9D540 #40D988 #4044D9 #D94091

split-complementary

#D9D540 #4091D9 #8840D9

monochromatic

#84821A #B7B324 #D9D540 #E3E073 #EDEBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#D9D540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#D9D540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D540

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D540	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)

#E7CD26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 213, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.163 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e17e',
    500: '#d9d540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d540;
$custom-light: #e8e17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.431,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85061,
    "c": 0.16276,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D540

secondary

#32358B

accent

#43EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D540

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

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