#D9D74C#D9D74C

#D9D74C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.157 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D74C
RGB	rgb(217, 215, 76)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 65%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.90, -15.93, 66.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.90, 67.92, 103.56°)
OKLab	oklab(85.57% -0.0498 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(85.57% 0.157 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.2221, 63.8760, 16.3092)
Luminance	0.6387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D74C #4C4ED9

analogous

#D9914C #D9D74C #94D94C

triadic

#D9D74C #4CD9D7 #D74CD9

tetradic

#D9D74C #4CD991 #4C4ED9 #D94C94

square

#D9D74C #4CD991 #4C4ED9 #D94C94

split-complementary

#D9D74C #4C94D9 #914CD9

monochromatic

#8D8B1E #BFBD29 #D9D74C #E4E27E #EEEEB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#D9D74C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#D9D74C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D74C

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D74C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D74C	1.00	1.52	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.52	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)

#E8CF39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 215, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.157 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e385',
    500: '#d9d74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d74c;
$custom-light: #e8e385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.149,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85573,
    "c": 0.15682,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D74C

secondary

#373892

accent

#42E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D74C

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

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