#D9D565#D9D565

#D9D565 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.134 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D565
RGB	rgb(217, 213, 101)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 53%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 53.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.59, -13.22, 54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.59, 56.56, 103.52°)
OKLab	oklab(85.4% -0.0394 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(85.4% 0.134 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.7600, 63.2814, 21.6393)
Luminance	0.6328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D565 #6569D9

analogous

#D99B65 #D9D565 #A3D965

triadic

#D9D565 #65D9D5 #D565D9

tetradic

#D9D565 #65D99B #6569D9 #D965A3

square

#D9D565 #65D99B #6569D9 #D965A3

split-complementary

#D9D565 #65A3D9 #9B65D9

monochromatic

#9D9927 #CDC834 #D9D565 #E5E296 #F1F0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#D9D565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#D9D565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D565

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D565	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CE5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D36B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 213, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.134 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e194',
    500: '#d9d565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d565;
$custom-light: #e7e194;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 60.417,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85396,
    "c": 0.13441,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D565

secondary

#4145A1

accent

#23C81D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D565

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

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