#D9D742#D9D742

#D9D742 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.163 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D742
RGB	rgb(217, 215, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.83, -16.46, 69.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.83, 71.63, 103.28°)
OKLab	oklab(85.5% -0.0522 0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(85.5% 0.163 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.9010, 63.7476, 14.6184)
Luminance	0.6375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D742 #4244D9

analogous

#D98B42 #D9D742 #90D942

triadic

#D9D742 #42D9D7 #D742D9

tetradic

#D9D742 #42D98B #4244D9 #D94290

square

#D9D742 #42D98B #4244D9 #D94290

split-complementary

#D9D742 #4290D9 #8B42D9

monochromatic

#86841B #B9B725 #D9D742 #E3E275 #EDEDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#D9D742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#D9D742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D742

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D742	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 215, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.163 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e380',
    500: '#d9d742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d742;
$custom-light: #e8e380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.205,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85498,
    "c": 0.16345,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D742

secondary

#33348C

accent

#41E93E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D742

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

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