#D9D557#D9D557

#D9D557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.146 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D557
RGB	rgb(217, 213, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.46, -14.25, 61.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.46, 62.69, 103.14°)
OKLab	oklab(85.25% -0.0439 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(85.25% 0.146 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.1315, 63.0300, 18.3295)
Luminance	0.6303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D557 #575BD9

analogous

#D99457 #D9D557 #9CD957

triadic

#D9D557 #57D9D5 #D557D9

tetradic

#D9D557 #57D994 #575BD9 #D9579C

square

#D9D557 #57D994 #575BD9 #D9579C

split-complementary

#D9D557 #579CD9 #9457D9

monochromatic

#949121 #C6C12D #D9D557 #E4E189 #F0EEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#D9D557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#D9D557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D557

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D557	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 213, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.146 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e18b',
    500: '#d9d557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d557;
$custom-light: #e8e18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.154,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85248,
    "c": 0.14649,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D557

secondary

#3B3E99

accent

#47E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D557

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

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