#D9D949#D9D949

#D9D949 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.161 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D949
RGB	rgb(217, 217, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.41, -17.08, 67.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.41, 69.83, 104.16°)
OKLab	oklab(85.97% -0.0533 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(85.97% 0.161 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.6326, 64.8600, 15.9434)
Luminance	0.6486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D949 #4949D9

analogous

#D99149 #D9D949 #91D949

triadic

#D9D949 #49D9D9 #D949D9

tetradic

#D9D949 #49D991 #4949D9 #D94991

square

#D9D949 #49D991 #4949D9 #D94991

split-complementary

#D9D949 #4991D9 #9149D9

monochromatic

#8B8B1D #BDBD28 #D9D949 #E4E47C #EEEEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#D9D949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#D9D949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D949

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D949	1.00	1.50	13.97	13.97
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 217, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.161 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e484',
    500: '#d9d949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d949;
$custom-light: #e8e484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85974,
    "c": 0.16088,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D949

secondary

#363691

accent

#3FE83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D949

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

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