#D9D940#D9D940

#D9D940 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.167 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D940
RGB	rgb(217, 217, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.35, -17.54, 70.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.35, 73.07, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(85.91% -0.0555 0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(85.91% 0.167 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.3555, 64.7492, 14.4841)
Luminance	0.6475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D940 #4040D9

analogous

#D98C40 #D9D940 #8CD940

triadic

#D9D940 #40D9D9 #D940D9

tetradic

#D9D940 #40D98C #4040D9 #D9408C

square

#D9D940 #40D98C #4040D9 #D9408C

split-complementary

#D9D940 #408CD9 #8C40D9

monochromatic

#84841A #B7B724 #D9D940 #E3E373 #EDEDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#D9D940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#D9D940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D940

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D940	1.00	1.51	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 217, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.167 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e47f',
    500: '#d9d940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d940;
$custom-light: #e8e47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8591,
    "c": 0.1666,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D940

secondary

#32328B

accent

#3EEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D940

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

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