#D9D656#D9D656

#D9D656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.148 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D656
RGB	rgb(217, 214, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.71, -14.81, 61.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.71, 63.50, 103.49°)
OKLab	oklab(85.45% -0.0456 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(85.45% 0.148 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.3433, 63.5183, 18.1999)
Luminance	0.6352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D656 #5659D9

analogous

#D99556 #D9D656 #9BD956

triadic

#D9D656 #56D9D6 #D656D9

tetradic

#D9D656 #56D995 #5659D9 #D9569B

square

#D9D656 #56D995 #5659D9 #D9569B

split-complementary

#D9D656 #569BD9 #9556D9

monochromatic

#939121 #C5C22C #D9D656 #E4E288 #EFEEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#D9D656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#D9D656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D656

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D656	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 214, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.148 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e28b',
    500: '#d9d656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d656;
$custom-light: #e8e28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.626,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85449,
    "c": 0.1483,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D656

secondary

#3B3D98

accent

#45E641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D656

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

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