#D9D640#D9D640

#D9D640 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.164 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D640
RGB	rgb(217, 214, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.56, -16.06, 70.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.56, 71.97, 102.89°)
OKLab	oklab(85.27% -0.0513 0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(85.27% 0.164 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.5892, 63.2167, 14.2287)
Luminance	0.6321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D640 #4043D9

analogous

#D98A40 #D9D640 #8FD940

triadic

#D9D640 #40D9D6 #D640D9

tetradic

#D9D640 #40D98A #4043D9 #D9408F

square

#D9D640 #40D98A #4043D9 #D9408F

split-complementary

#D9D640 #408FD9 #8A40D9

monochromatic

#84821A #B7B424 #D9D640 #E3E173 #EDECA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#D9D640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#D9D640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D640

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D640	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CD25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 214, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.164 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e27f',
    500: '#d9d640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d640;
$custom-light: #e8e27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.824,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85273,
    "c": 0.16371,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D640

secondary

#32348B

accent

#41EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D640

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

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