#D9D941#D9D941

#D9D941 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.166 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D941
RGB	rgb(217, 217, 65)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.36, -17.49, 70.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.36, 72.72, 103.92°)
OKLab	oklab(85.92% -0.0552 0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(85.92% 0.166 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.3842, 64.7607, 14.6353)
Luminance	0.6476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D941 #4141D9

analogous

#D98D41 #D9D941 #8DD941

triadic

#D9D941 #41D9D9 #D941D9

tetradic

#D9D941 #41D98D #4141D9 #D9418D

square

#D9D941 #41D98D #4141D9 #D9418D

split-complementary

#D9D941 #418DD9 #8D41D9

monochromatic

#85851B #B8B825 #D9D941 #E3E374 #EDEDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#D9D941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#D9D941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D941

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D941	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)

#EAD026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 217, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.166 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e47f',
    500: '#d9d941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d941;
$custom-light: #e8e47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85917,
    "c": 0.16599,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D941

secondary

#33338B

accent

#3EEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D941

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

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