#D9D85D#D9D85D

#D9D85D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.145 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D85D
RGB	rgb(217, 216, 93)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 57.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.31, -15.32, 59.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.31, 61.33, 104.47°)
OKLab	oklab(85.94% -0.0463 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(85.94% 0.145 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.1485, 64.6553, 19.9285)
Luminance	0.6465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D85D #5D5ED9

analogous

#D99A5D #D9D85D #9CD95D

triadic

#D9D85D #5DD9D8 #D85DD9

tetradic

#D9D85D #5DD99A #5D5ED9 #D95D9C

square

#D9D85D #5DD99A #5D5ED9 #D95D9C

split-complementary

#D9D85D #5D9CD9 #9A5DD9

monochromatic

#989724 #CAC82F #D9D85D #E5E48F #F0F0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#D9D85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#D9D85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D85D

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D85D	1.00	1.51	13.93	13.93
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 216, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.145 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e38f',
    500: '#d9d85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d85d;
$custom-light: #e7e38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.516,
    "s": 62,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85941,
    "c": 0.14461,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D85D

secondary

#3E3F9C

accent

#1DCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D85D

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

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