#D9D657#D9D657

#D9D657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.147 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D657
RGB	rgb(217, 214, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.72, -14.75, 61.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.72, 63.08, 103.52°)
OKLab	oklab(85.46% -0.0453 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(85.46% 0.148 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.3838, 63.5346, 18.4136)
Luminance	0.6353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D657 #575AD9

analogous

#D99557 #D9D657 #9BD957

triadic

#D9D657 #57D9D6 #D657D9

tetradic

#D9D657 #57D995 #575AD9 #D9579B

square

#D9D657 #57D995 #575AD9 #D9579B

split-complementary

#D9D657 #579BD9 #9557D9

monochromatic

#949121 #C6C22D #D9D657 #E4E289 #F0EEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#D9D657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#D9D657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D657

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D657	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 214, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.147 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e28b',
    500: '#d9d657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d657;
$custom-light: #e8e28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.615,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85459,
    "c": 0.1475,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D657

secondary

#3B3D99

accent

#45E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D657

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

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