#D9D737#D9D737

#D9D737 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 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D737
RGB	rgb(217, 215, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 74.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.77, -16.95, 73.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.77, 75.29, 103.01°)
OKLab	oklab(85.43% -0.0546 0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(85.43% 0.17 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.6073, 63.6301, 13.0717)
Luminance	0.6363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D737 #3739D9

analogous

#D98637 #D9D737 #8AD937

triadic

#D9D737 #37D9D7 #D737D9

tetradic

#D9D737 #37D986 #3739D9 #D9378A

square

#D9D737 #37D986 #3739D9 #D9378A

split-complementary

#D9D737 #378AD9 #8637D9

monochromatic

#7E7C18 #B1AF22 #D9D737 #E3E16A #EDEC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#D9D737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#D9D737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D737

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D737	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)

#E9CE0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 215, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.170 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e37a',
    500: '#d9d737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d737;
$custom-light: #e9e37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.259,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8543,
    "c": 0.16968,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D737

secondary

#2F3085

accent

#3FEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D737

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

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