#D9D838#D9D838

#D9D838 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.170 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D838
RGB	rgb(217, 216, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.04, -17.40, 73.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.04, 75.33, 103.35°)
OKLab	oklab(85.65% -0.0558 0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(85.65% 0.17 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.8870, 64.1506, 13.2844)
Luminance	0.6415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D838 #3839D9

analogous

#D98738 #D9D838 #89D938

triadic

#D9D838 #38D9D8 #D838D9

tetradic

#D9D838 #38D987 #3839D9 #D93889

square

#D9D838 #38D987 #3839D9 #D93889

split-complementary

#D9D838 #3889D9 #8738D9

monochromatic

#7E7E18 #B2B122 #D9D838 #E3E26B #EDEC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#D9D838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#D9D838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D838

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D838	1.00	1.52	13.83	13.83
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EACF12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 216, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.170 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e37b',
    500: '#d9d838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d838;
$custom-light: #e9e37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.627,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85648,
    "c": 0.17011,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D838

secondary

#303086

accent

#3EEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D838

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

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