#D9D756#D9D756

#D9D756 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.149 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D756
RGB	rgb(217, 215, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.98, -15.31, 62.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.98, 63.90, 103.86°)
OKLab	oklab(85.66% -0.047 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(85.66% 0.149 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.5971, 64.0261, 18.2846)
Luminance	0.6402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D756 #5658D9

analogous

#D99656 #D9D756 #9AD956

triadic

#D9D756 #56D9D7 #D756D9

tetradic

#D9D756 #56D996 #5658D9 #D9569A

square

#D9D756 #56D996 #5658D9 #D9569A

split-complementary

#D9D756 #569AD9 #9656D9

monochromatic

#939221 #C5C32C #D9D756 #E4E388 #EFEFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#D9D756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.80

#D9D756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D756

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D756	1.00	1.52	13.80	13.80
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 215, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.149 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e38b',
    500: '#d9d756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d756;
$custom-light: #e8e38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.084,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85661,
    "c": 0.14932,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D756

secondary

#3B3C98

accent

#44E641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D756

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

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