#D9D855#D9D855

#D9D855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.151 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D855
RGB	rgb(217, 216, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 60.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.24, -15.87, 62.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.24, 64.71, 104.20°)
OKLab	oklab(85.86% -0.0487 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(85.86% 0.151 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.8125, 64.5209, 18.1590)
Luminance	0.6452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D855 #5556D9

analogous

#D99655 #D9D855 #98D955

triadic

#D9D855 #55D9D8 #D855D9

tetradic

#D9D855 #55D996 #5556D9 #D95598

square

#D9D855 #55D996 #5556D9 #D95598

split-complementary

#D9D855 #5598D9 #9655D9

monochromatic

#939221 #C5C42C #D9D855 #E4E387 #EFEFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#D9D855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#D9D855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D855

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D855	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)

#E8D045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 216, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.151 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e38a',
    500: '#d9d855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d855;
$custom-light: #e8e38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.545,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85863,
    "c": 0.15112,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D855

secondary

#3A3B98

accent

#43E641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D855

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

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