#D9D841#D9D841

#D9D841 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.165 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D841
RGB	rgb(217, 216, 65)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 70%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.09, -17.00, 70.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.09, 72.35, 103.59°)
OKLab	oklab(85.7% -0.0539 0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(85.7% 0.165 109)
XYZ	xyz(54.1272, 64.2467, 14.5496)
Luminance	0.6424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D841 #4142D9

analogous

#D98C41 #D9D841 #8ED941

triadic

#D9D841 #41D9D8 #D841D9

tetradic

#D9D841 #41D98C #4142D9 #D9418E

square

#D9D841 #41D98C #4142D9 #D9418E

split-complementary

#D9D841 #418ED9 #8C41D9

monochromatic

#85841B #B8B725 #D9D841 #E3E274 #EDEDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#D9D841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#D9D841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D841

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D841	1.00	1.52	13.85	13.85
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CF27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 216, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.165 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e37f',
    500: '#d9d841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d841;
$custom-light: #e8e37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.605,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85704,
    "c": 0.16503,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.64245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D841

secondary

#33338B

accent

#3FEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D841

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

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