#D9D74A#D9D74A

#D9D74A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.158 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D74A
RGB	rgb(217, 215, 74)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 65.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.89, -16.04, 66.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.89, 68.69, 103.50°)
OKLab	oklab(85.56% -0.0503 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(85.56% 0.158 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.1536, 63.8486, 15.9486)
Luminance	0.6385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D74A #4A4CD9

analogous

#D9904A #D9D74A #94D94A

triadic

#D9D74A #4AD9D7 #D74AD9

tetradic

#D9D74A #4AD990 #4A4CD9 #D94A94

square

#D9D74A #4AD990 #4A4CD9 #D94A94

split-complementary

#D9D74A #4A94D9 #904AD9

monochromatic

#8B8A1D #BEBC28 #D9D74A #E4E27D #EEEDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#D9D74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#D9D74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D74A

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D74A	1.00	1.53	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 215, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.158 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e384',
    500: '#d9d74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d74a;
$custom-light: #e8e384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.161,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85557,
    "c": 0.15821,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D74A

secondary

#363791

accent

#42E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D74A

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

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