#D9D659#D9D659

#D9D659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.146 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D659
RGB	rgb(217, 214, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 59%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.74, -14.61, 60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.74, 62.24, 103.58°)
OKLab	oklab(85.48% -0.0447 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(85.48% 0.146 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.4667, 63.5677, 18.8499)
Luminance	0.6357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D659 #595CD9

analogous

#D99659 #D9D659 #9CD959

triadic

#D9D659 #59D9D6 #D659D9

tetradic

#D9D659 #59D996 #595CD9 #D9599C

square

#D9D659 #59D996 #595CD9 #D9599C

split-complementary

#D9D659 #599CD9 #9659D9

monochromatic

#959322 #C7C42E #D9D659 #E4E28B #F0EFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#D9D659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#D9D659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D659

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D659	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)

#E6CE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 214, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.146 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e28d',
    500: '#d9d659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d659;
$custom-light: #e8e28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.594,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85478,
    "c": 0.14588,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D659

secondary

#3C3E9A

accent

#46E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D659

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

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