#D9D65B#D9D65B

#D9D65B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.144 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D65B
RGB	rgb(217, 214, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 58.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.76, -14.47, 59.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.76, 61.38, 103.63°)
OKLab	oklab(85.5% -0.0441 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(85.5% 0.144 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.5518, 63.6018, 19.2983)
Luminance	0.6360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D65B #5B5ED9

analogous

#D9975B #D9D65B #9DD95B

triadic

#D9D65B #5BD9D6 #D65BD9

tetradic

#D9D65B #5BD997 #5B5ED9 #D95B9D

square

#D9D65B #5BD997 #5B5ED9 #D95B9D

split-complementary

#D9D65B #5B9DD9 #975BD9

monochromatic

#979423 #C8C52E #D9D65B #E5E28D #F0EFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#D9D65B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#D9D65B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D65B

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D65B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D65B	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d65b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 214, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.144 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e28e',
    500: '#d9d65b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d65b;
$custom-light: #e7e28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d65b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.571,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85498,
    "c": 0.14422,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D65B

secondary

#3D3F9B

accent

#20CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D65B

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

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