#D9D86B#D9D86B

#D9D86B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.132 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D86B
RGB	rgb(217, 216, 107)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 50.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.45, -14.22, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.45, 55.09, 104.96°)
OKLab	oklab(86.1% -0.0417 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(86.1% 0.132 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.8263, 64.9264, 23.4983)
Luminance	0.6492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D86B #6B6CD9

analogous

#D9A16B #D9D86B #A3D96B

triadic

#D9D86B #6BD9D8 #D86BD9

tetradic

#D9D86B #6BD9A1 #6B6CD9 #D96BA3

square

#D9D86B #6BD9A1 #6B6CD9 #D96BA3

split-complementary

#D9D86B #6BA3D9 #A16BD9

monochromatic

#A09F29 #CCCB3A #D9D86B #E6E59C #F2F2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#D9D86B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#D9D86B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D86B

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D86B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D86B	1.00	1.50	13.99	13.99
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D061

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D571

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d86b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 216, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.132 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e398',
    500: '#d9d86b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d86b;
$custom-light: #e7e398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d86b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.455,
    "s": 59.14,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86097,
    "c": 0.132,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D86B

secondary

#4445A4

accent

#20C71F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D86B

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

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