#D9D85B#D9D85B

#D9D85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.146 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D85B
RGB	rgb(217, 216, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 58.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.29, -15.46, 60.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.29, 62.19, 104.40°)
OKLab	oklab(85.92% -0.0469 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(85.92% 0.146 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.0611, 64.6203, 19.4680)
Luminance	0.6462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D85B #5B5CD9

analogous

#D9995B #D9D85B #9BD95B

triadic

#D9D85B #5BD9D8 #D85BD9

tetradic

#D9D85B #5BD999 #5B5CD9 #D95B9B

square

#D9D85B #5BD999 #5B5CD9 #D95B9B

split-complementary

#D9D85B #5B9BD9 #995BD9

monochromatic

#979623 #C8C72E #D9D85B #E5E48D #F0F0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#D9D85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#D9D85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D85B

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D85B	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)

#E8D04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 216, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.146 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e38e',
    500: '#d9d85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d85b;
$custom-light: #e7e38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.524,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8592,
    "c": 0.14629,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D85B

secondary

#3D3E9B

accent

#1DCA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D85B

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

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