#D9D65D#D9D65D

#D9D65D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.143 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D65D
RGB	rgb(217, 214, 93)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 57.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.78, -14.33, 58.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.78, 60.52, 103.69°)
OKLab	oklab(85.52% -0.0434 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(85.52% 0.143 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.6392, 63.6367, 19.7587)
Luminance	0.6363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D65D #5D60D9

analogous

#D9985D #D9D65D #9ED95D

triadic

#D9D65D #5DD9D6 #D65DD9

tetradic

#D9D65D #5DD998 #5D60D9 #D95D9E

square

#D9D65D #5DD998 #5D60D9 #D95D9E

split-complementary

#D9D65D #5D9ED9 #985DD9

monochromatic

#989524 #CAC62F #D9D65D #E5E38F #F0EFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#D9D65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#D9D65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D65D

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D65D	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 214, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.143 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e28f',
    500: '#d9d65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d65d;
$custom-light: #e7e28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.548,
    "s": 62,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85519,
    "c": 0.14253,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D65D

secondary

#3E409C

accent

#20CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D65D

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

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