#D9D877#D9D877

#D9D877 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.120 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D877
RGB	rgb(217, 216, 119)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 45.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.58, -13.14, 47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.58, 49.46, 105.41°)
OKLab	oklab(86.25% -0.0374 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(86.25% 0.12 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.5020, 65.1967, 27.0570)
Luminance	0.6520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D877 #7778D9

analogous

#D9A777 #D9D877 #A9D977

triadic

#D9D877 #77D9D8 #D877D9

tetradic

#D9D877 #77D9A7 #7778D9 #D977A9

square

#D9D877 #77D9A7 #7778D9 #D977A9

split-complementary

#D9D877 #77A9D9 #A777D9

monochromatic

#A7A62F #CCCA47 #D9D877 #E6E6A7 #F4F3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#D9D877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#D9D877 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D877

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D877	1.00	1.50	14.04	14.04
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D16F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D57C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5CDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 216, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.120 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e3a0',
    500: '#d9d877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d877;
$custom-light: #e6e3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.388,
    "s": 56.322,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86253,
    "c": 0.12009,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D877

secondary

#4A4BAA

accent

#23C422

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D877

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

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