#D9D938#D9D938

#D9D938 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.171 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D938
RGB	rgb(217, 217, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.31, -17.89, 73.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.31, 75.69, 103.67°)
OKLab	oklab(85.86% -0.0571 0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(85.86% 0.171 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.1439, 64.6646, 13.3700)
Luminance	0.6466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D938 #3838D9

analogous

#D98838 #D9D938 #88D938

triadic

#D9D938 #38D9D9 #D938D9

tetradic

#D9D938 #38D988 #3838D9 #D93888

square

#D9D938 #38D988 #3838D9 #D93888

split-complementary

#D9D938 #3888D9 #8838D9

monochromatic

#7E7E18 #B2B222 #D9D938 #E3E36B #EDED9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#D9D938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#D9D938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D938

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D938	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)

#EBD011

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 217, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.171 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e47b',
    500: '#d9d938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d938;
$custom-light: #e9e47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85861,
    "c": 0.17106,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D938

secondary

#303086

accent

#3DEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D938

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

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