#D9D839#D9D839

#D9D839 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.170 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D839
RGB	rgb(217, 216, 57)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 73.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.05, -17.36, 72.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.05, 75.02, 103.38°)
OKLab	oklab(85.65% -0.0556 0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(85.65% 0.17 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.9117, 64.1605, 13.4145)
Luminance	0.6416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D839 #393AD9

analogous

#D98839 #D9D839 #8AD939

triadic

#D9D839 #39D9D8 #D839D9

tetradic

#D9D839 #39D988 #393AD9 #D9398A

square

#D9D839 #39D988 #393AD9 #D9398A

split-complementary

#D9D839 #398AD9 #8839D9

monochromatic

#7F7F18 #B3B222 #D9D839 #E3E26C #EDECA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#D9D839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#D9D839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D839

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D839	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)

#EACF15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 216, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.170 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e37b',
    500: '#d9d839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d839;
$custom-light: #e9e37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.625,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85654,
    "c": 0.16958,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D839

secondary

#303086

accent

#3EEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D839

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

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