#D9D856#D9D856

#D9D856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.150 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D856
RGB	rgb(217, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.24, -15.80, 62.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.24, 64.30, 104.23°)
OKLab	oklab(85.87% -0.0484 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(85.87% 0.15 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.8525, 64.5369, 18.3697)
Luminance	0.6453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D856 #5657D9

analogous

#D99756 #D9D856 #99D956

triadic

#D9D856 #56D9D8 #D856D9

tetradic

#D9D856 #56D997 #5657D9 #D95699

square

#D9D856 #56D997 #5657D9 #D95699

split-complementary

#D9D856 #5699D9 #9756D9

monochromatic

#939321 #C5C42C #D9D856 #E4E488 #EFEFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#D9D856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#D9D856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D856

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D856	1.00	1.51	13.91	13.91
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.150 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e38b',
    500: '#d9d856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d856;
$custom-light: #e8e38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.542,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85872,
    "c": 0.15034,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D856

secondary

#3B3C98

accent

#43E641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D856

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

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