#D9D740#D9D740

#D9D740 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.165 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D740
RGB	rgb(217, 215, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.82, -16.55, 70.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.82, 72.33, 103.23°)
OKLab	oklab(85.49% -0.0527 0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(85.49% 0.165 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.8431, 63.7244, 14.3133)
Luminance	0.6372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D740 #4042D9

analogous

#D98B40 #D9D740 #8ED940

triadic

#D9D740 #40D9D7 #D740D9

tetradic

#D9D740 #40D98B #4042D9 #D9408E

square

#D9D740 #40D98B #4042D9 #D9408E

split-complementary

#D9D740 #408ED9 #8B40D9

monochromatic

#84831A #B7B524 #D9D740 #E3E273 #EDECA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#D9D740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#D9D740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D740

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D740	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)

#E8CE25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 215, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.165 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e37f',
    500: '#d9d740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d740;
$custom-light: #e8e37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.216,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85485,
    "c": 0.16466,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D740

secondary

#32348B

accent

#40EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D740

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

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