#D9D772#D9D772

#D9D772 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.124 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D772
RGB	rgb(217, 215, 114)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 47.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.26, -13.11, 49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.26, 51.39, 104.78°)
OKLab	oklab(85.98% -0.0378 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(85.98% 0.124 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.9542, 64.5689, 25.4318)
Luminance	0.6457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D772 #7274D9

analogous

#D9A472 #D9D772 #A8D972

triadic

#D9D772 #72D9D7 #D772D9

tetradic

#D9D772 #72D9A4 #7274D9 #D972A8

square

#D9D772 #72D9A4 #7274D9 #D972A8

split-complementary

#D9D772 #72A8D9 #A472D9

monochromatic

#A4A22C #CCC942 #D9D772 #E6E5A2 #F3F2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#D9D772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#D9D772 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D772

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D772	1.00	1.51	13.91	13.91
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D069

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 215, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.124 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e39d',
    500: '#d9d772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d772;
$custom-light: #e7e39d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.835,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85976,
    "c": 0.12407,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D772

secondary

#4749A8

accent

#24C520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D772

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

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