#D9D757#D9D757

#D9D757 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 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D757
RGB	rgb(217, 215, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.99, -15.24, 61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.99, 63.48, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(85.67% -0.0467 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(85.67% 0.149 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.6377, 64.0423, 18.4982)
Luminance	0.6404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D757 #5759D9

analogous

#D99657 #D9D757 #9AD957

triadic

#D9D757 #57D9D7 #D757D9

tetradic

#D9D757 #57D996 #5759D9 #D9579A

square

#D9D757 #57D996 #5759D9 #D9579A

split-complementary

#D9D757 #579AD9 #9657D9

monochromatic

#949221 #C6C42D #D9D757 #E4E389 #F0EFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#D9D757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#D9D757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D757

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D757	1.00	1.52	13.81	13.81
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 215, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.149 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e38c',
    500: '#d9d757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d757;
$custom-light: #e8e38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.077,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8567,
    "c": 0.14852,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D757

secondary

#3B3D99

accent

#44E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D757

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

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