#D9D65E#D9D65E

#D9D65E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.142 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D65E
RGB	rgb(217, 214, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 56.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.79, -14.25, 58.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.79, 60.08, 103.72°)
OKLab	oklab(85.53% -0.0431 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(85.53% 0.142 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.6838, 63.6546, 19.9935)
Luminance	0.6365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D65E #5E61D9

analogous

#D9985E #D9D65E #9ED95E

triadic

#D9D65E #5ED9D6 #D65ED9

tetradic

#D9D65E #5ED998 #5E61D9 #D95E9E

square

#D9D65E #5ED998 #5E61D9 #D95E9E

split-complementary

#D9D65E #5E9ED9 #985ED9

monochromatic

#999624 #CAC630 #D9D65E #E5E390 #F0EFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#D9D65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#D9D65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D65E

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D65E	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)

#E6CE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 214, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.142 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e290',
    500: '#d9d65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d65e;
$custom-light: #e7e290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.537,
    "s": 61.809,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85529,
    "c": 0.14167,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D65E

secondary

#3E409D

accent

#20CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D65E

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

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