#D9D852#D9D852

#D9D852 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.153 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D852
RGB	rgb(217, 216, 82)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 62.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.21, -16.06, 63.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.21, 65.93, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(85.84% -0.0495 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(85.84% 0.153 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.6959, 64.4742, 17.5446)
Luminance	0.6447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D852 #5253D9

analogous

#D99452 #D9D852 #96D952

triadic

#D9D852 #52D9D8 #D852D9

tetradic

#D9D852 #52D994 #5253D9 #D95296

square

#D9D852 #52D994 #5253D9 #D95296

split-complementary

#D9D852 #5296D9 #9452D9

monochromatic

#919020 #C3C22B #D9D852 #E4E384 #EFEFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#D9D852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#D9D852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D852

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D852	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 216, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.153 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e389',
    500: '#d9d852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d852;
$custom-light: #e8e389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.556,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85836,
    "c": 0.15343,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D852

secondary

#393A96

accent

#42E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D852

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

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