#D9D542#D9D542

#D9D542 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.162 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D542
RGB	rgb(217, 213, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.30, -15.47, 69.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.30, 70.90, 102.60°)
OKLab	oklab(85.08% -0.0495 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(85.08% 0.162 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.3949, 62.7353, 14.4497)
Luminance	0.6273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D542 #4246D9

analogous

#D98A42 #D9D542 #91D942

triadic

#D9D542 #42D9D5 #D542D9

tetradic

#D9D542 #42D98A #4246D9 #D94291

square

#D9D542 #42D98A #4246D9 #D94291

split-complementary

#D9D542 #4291D9 #8A42D9

monochromatic

#86831B #B9B525 #D9D542 #E3E075 #EDECA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#D9D542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.55

#D9D542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D542

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D542	1.00	1.55	13.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 213, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.162 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e17f',
    500: '#d9d542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d542;
$custom-light: #e8e17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.411,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85075,
    "c": 0.16153,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D542

secondary

#33358C

accent

#43E93E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D542

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

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