#D9D853#D9D853

#D9D853 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 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D853
RGB	rgb(217, 216, 83)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 61.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.22, -16.00, 63.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.22, 65.53, 104.13°)
OKLab	oklab(85.85% -0.0492 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(85.85% 0.153 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.7342, 64.4895, 17.7464)
Luminance	0.6449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D853 #5354D9

analogous

#D99553 #D9D853 #97D953

triadic

#D9D853 #53D9D8 #D853D9

tetradic

#D9D853 #53D995 #5354D9 #D95397

square

#D9D853 #53D995 #5354D9 #D95397

split-complementary

#D9D853 #5397D9 #9553D9

monochromatic

#919120 #C4C22B #D9D853 #E4E385 #EFEFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#D9D853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#D9D853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D853

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D853	1.00	1.51	13.90	13.90
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 216, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.153 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e389',
    500: '#d9d853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d853;
$custom-light: #e8e389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.552,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85845,
    "c": 0.15267,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D853

secondary

#3A3A97

accent

#42E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D853

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

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