#D9D642#D9D642

#D9D642 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.162 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D642
RGB	rgb(217, 214, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.57, -15.96, 69.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.57, 71.27, 102.94°)
OKLab	oklab(85.29% -0.0509 0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(85.29% 0.162 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.6472, 63.2399, 14.5338)
Luminance	0.6324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D642 #4245D9

analogous

#D98A42 #D9D642 #90D942

triadic

#D9D642 #42D9D6 #D642D9

tetradic

#D9D642 #42D98A #4245D9 #D94290

square

#D9D642 #42D98A #4245D9 #D94290

split-complementary

#D9D642 #4290D9 #8A42D9

monochromatic

#86841B #B9B625 #D9D642 #E3E175 #EDECA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#D9D642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#D9D642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D642

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D642	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CD29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 214, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.162 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e280',
    500: '#d9d642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d642;
$custom-light: #e8e280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.808,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85286,
    "c": 0.16249,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D642

secondary

#33358C

accent

#42E93E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D642

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

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