#D9D736#D9D736

#D9D736 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.170 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D736
RGB	rgb(217, 215, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 75.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.77, -16.99, 73.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.77, 75.60, 102.98°)
OKLab	oklab(85.42% -0.0548 0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(85.42% 0.17 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.5836, 63.6207, 12.9467)
Luminance	0.6362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D736 #3638D9

analogous

#D98536 #D9D736 #89D936

triadic

#D9D736 #36D9D7 #D736D9

tetradic

#D9D736 #36D985 #3638D9 #D93689

square

#D9D736 #36D985 #3638D9 #D93689

split-complementary

#D9D736 #3689D9 #8536D9

monochromatic

#7D7C18 #B0AF21 #D9D736 #E3E169 #ECEB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#D9D736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#D9D736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D736

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D736	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)

#E9CE0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 215, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.170 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e37a',
    500: '#d9d736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d736;
$custom-light: #e9e37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.264,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85424,
    "c": 0.1702,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D736

secondary

#2F3084

accent

#3FEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D736

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

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