#D9D581#D9D581

#D9D581 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.106 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D581
RGB	rgb(217, 213, 129)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 41%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 40.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.93, -10.63, 41.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.93, 43.28, 104.21°)
OKLab	oklab(85.77% -0.0293 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(85.77% 0.106 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.3729, 63.9265, 30.1341)
Luminance	0.6392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D581 #8185D9

analogous

#D9A981 #D9D581 #B1D981

triadic

#D9D581 #81D9D5 #D581D9

tetradic

#D9D581 #81D9A9 #8185D9 #D981B1

square

#D9D581 #81D9A9 #8185D9 #D981B1

split-complementary

#D9D581 #81B1D9 #A981D9

monochromatic

#ACA634 #CBC552 #D9D581 #E7E5B0 #F5F4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#D9D581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#D9D581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D581

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D581	1.00	1.52	13.79	13.79
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CF7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D385

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5CBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 213, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.106 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e1a7',
    500: '#d9d581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d581;
$custom-light: #e6e1a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85773,
    "c": 0.10604,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D581

secondary

#4F54AF

accent

#2CC124

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D581

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

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