#D9D85E#D9D85E

#D9D85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.144 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D85E
RGB	rgb(217, 216, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 56.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.31, -15.25, 58.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.31, 60.90, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(85.95% -0.0459 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(85.95% 0.144 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.1931, 64.6731, 20.1632)
Luminance	0.6467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D85E #5E5FD9

analogous

#D99A5E #D9D85E #9CD95E

triadic

#D9D85E #5ED9D8 #D85ED9

tetradic

#D9D85E #5ED99A #5E5FD9 #D95E9C

square

#D9D85E #5ED99A #5E5FD9 #D95E9C

split-complementary

#D9D85E #5E9CD9 #9A5ED9

monochromatic

#999824 #CAC930 #D9D85E #E5E490 #F0F0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#D9D85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#D9D85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D85E

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D85E	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)

#E8D051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 216, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.144 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e390',
    500: '#d9d85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d85e;
$custom-light: #e7e390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.512,
    "s": 61.809,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85951,
    "c": 0.14376,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D85E

secondary

#3E3F9D

accent

#1DCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D85E

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

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