#D9D765#D9D765

#D9D765 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.137 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D765
RGB	rgb(217, 215, 101)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 53.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.12, -14.22, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.12, 57.39, 104.34°)
OKLab	oklab(85.82% -0.0423 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(85.82% 0.137 108)
XYZ	xyz(55.2661, 64.2937, 21.8081)
Luminance	0.6429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D765 #6567D9

analogous

#D99D65 #D9D765 #A1D965

triadic

#D9D765 #65D9D7 #D765D9

tetradic

#D9D765 #65D99D #6567D9 #D965A1

square

#D9D765 #65D99D #6567D9 #D965A1

split-complementary

#D9D765 #65A1D9 #9D65D9

monochromatic

#9D9B27 #CDCA34 #D9D765 #E5E496 #F1F1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#D9D765 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#D9D765 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D765

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D765	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D765	1.00	1.52	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D46B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d765;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 215, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.137 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e394',
    500: '#d9d765',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d765;
$custom-light: #e7e394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d765",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.966,
    "s": 60.417,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85816,
    "c": 0.13652,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.64292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D765

secondary

#4143A1

accent

#20C81D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D765

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

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