#D9D73A#D9D73A

#D9D73A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.168 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D73A
RGB	rgb(217, 215, 58)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 73.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.79, -16.82, 72.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.79, 74.34, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(85.45% -0.054 0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(85.45% 0.168 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.6815, 63.6598, 13.4620)
Luminance	0.6366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D73A #3A3CD9

analogous

#D9883A #D9D73A #8CD93A

triadic

#D9D73A #3AD9D7 #D73AD9

tetradic

#D9D73A #3AD988 #3A3CD9 #D93A8C

square

#D9D73A #3AD988 #3A3CD9 #D93A8C

split-complementary

#D9D73A #3A8CD9 #883AD9

monochromatic

#807F19 #B3B123 #D9D73A #E3E16D #EDECA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#D9D73A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#D9D73A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D73A

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D73A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D73A	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)

#E9CE18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d73a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 215, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.168 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e37c',
    500: '#d9d73a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d73a;
$custom-light: #e9e37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d73a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.245,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85447,
    "c": 0.1681,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D73A

secondary

#303187

accent

#3FEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D73A

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

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