#D9D85A#D9D85A

#D9D85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.147 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D85A
RGB	rgb(217, 216, 90)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 58.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.28, -15.53, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.28, 62.62, 104.36°)
OKLab	oklab(85.91% -0.0472 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(85.91% 0.147 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.0182, 64.6032, 19.2423)
Luminance	0.6460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D85A #5A5BD9

analogous

#D9995A #D9D85A #9AD95A

triadic

#D9D85A #5AD9D8 #D85AD9

tetradic

#D9D85A #5AD999 #5A5BD9 #D95A9A

square

#D9D85A #5AD999 #5A5BD9 #D95A9A

split-complementary

#D9D85A #5A9AD9 #995AD9

monochromatic

#969523 #C8C72E #D9D85A #E4E48C #F0F0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#D9D85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#D9D85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D85A

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D85A	1.00	1.51	13.92	13.92
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 216, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.147 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e38d',
    500: '#d9d85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d85a;
$custom-light: #e7e38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.528,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85911,
    "c": 0.14711,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D85A

secondary

#3C3D9B

accent

#1DCA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D85A

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

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