#D9D845#D9D845

#D9D845 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.163 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D845
RGB	rgb(217, 216, 69)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 68.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.12, -16.80, 68.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.12, 70.93, 103.70°)
OKLab	oklab(85.73% -0.0529 0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(85.73% 0.163 109)
XYZ	xyz(54.2472, 64.2947, 15.1816)
Luminance	0.6429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D845 #4546D9

analogous

#D98E45 #D9D845 #90D945

triadic

#D9D845 #45D9D8 #D845D9

tetradic

#D9D845 #45D98E #4546D9 #D94590

square

#D9D845 #45D98E #4546D9 #D94590

split-complementary

#D9D845 #4590D9 #8E45D9

monochromatic

#88871C #BBBA26 #D9D845 #E3E378 #EEEDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#D9D845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#D9D845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D845

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D845	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)

#E9CF2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 216, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.163 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e381',
    500: '#d9d845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d845;
$custom-light: #e8e381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.595,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85732,
    "c": 0.16253,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.64293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D845

secondary

#34358E

accent

#40E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D845

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

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