#D9D73D#D9D73D

#D9D73D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.166 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D73D
RGB	rgb(217, 215, 61)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 71.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.80, -16.69, 71.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.80, 73.36, 103.15°)
OKLab	oklab(85.47% -0.0534 0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(85.47% 0.166 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.7600, 63.6912, 13.8757)
Luminance	0.6369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D73D #3D3FD9

analogous

#D9893D #D9D73D #8DD93D

triadic

#D9D73D #3DD9D7 #D73DD9

tetradic

#D9D73D #3DD989 #3D3FD9 #D93D8D

square

#D9D73D #3DD989 #3D3FD9 #D93D8D

split-complementary

#D9D73D #3D8DD9 #893DD9

monochromatic

#828119 #B5B324 #D9D73D #E3E270 #EDECA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#D9D73D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#D9D73D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D73D

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D73D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D73D	1.00	1.53	13.74	13.74
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CE1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d73d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 215, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.166 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e37d',
    500: '#d9d73d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d73d;
$custom-light: #e9e37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d73d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.231,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85466,
    "c": 0.16642,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D73D

secondary

#313289

accent

#40EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D73D

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

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