#D9D649#D9D649

#D9D649 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.158 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D649
RGB	rgb(217, 214, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.61, -15.60, 66.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.61, 68.69, 103.13°)
OKLab	oklab(85.34% -0.0491 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(85.34% 0.158 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.8663, 63.3276, 15.6880)
Luminance	0.6333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D649 #494CD9

analogous

#D98E49 #D9D649 #94D949

triadic

#D9D649 #49D9D6 #D649D9

tetradic

#D9D649 #49D98E #494CD9 #D94994

square

#D9D649 #49D98E #494CD9 #D94994

split-complementary

#D9D649 #4994D9 #8E49D9

monochromatic

#8B881D #BDBA28 #D9D649 #E4E17C #EEEDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#D9D649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.67

#D9D649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D649

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D649	1.00	1.54	13.67	13.67
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CE35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 214, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.158 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e283',
    500: '#d9d649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d649;
$custom-light: #e8e283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.75,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85338,
    "c": 0.15792,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D649

secondary

#363891

accent

#43E83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D649

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

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