#D9D94E#D9D94E
#D9D94E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.157 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #D9D94E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(217, 217, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(60, 65%, 58%) |
| HSV | hsv(60, 64%, 85%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.1%, 14.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.45, -16.80, 65.80) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.45, 67.91, 104.32°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.01% -0.052 0.1485) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.01% 0.157 109.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.8051, 64.9290, 16.8518) |
| Luminance | 0.6493 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 4.09
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.69
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 5.05
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 5.86
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 5.88
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 6.43
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#D9D94E #4E4ED9
analogous
#D9934E #D9D94E #93D94E
triadic
#D9D94E #4ED9D9 #D94ED9
tetradic
#D9D94E #4ED993 #4E4ED9 #D94E93
square
#D9D94E #4ED993 #4E4ED9 #D94E93
split-complementary
#D9D94E #4E93D9 #934ED9
monochromatic
#8E8E1F #C0C029 #D9D94E #E4E480 #EFEFB3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.50
#D9D94E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.99
#D9D94E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #D9D94E
13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##D9D94E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##D9D94E | 1.00 | 1.50 | 13.99 | 13.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.50 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#EAD03B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EBD557
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E8CCBD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #d9d94e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 217, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.157 109.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#e8e486',
500: '#d9d94e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #d9d94e; $custom-light: #e8e486; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#d9d94e",
"rgb": {
"r": 217,
"g": 217,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60,
"s": 64.651,
"l": 57.843
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86014,
"c": 0.15739,
"h": 109.3
},
"luminance": 0.64927
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#D9D94E
secondary
#383894
accent
#40E840
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#16150C
muted
#85847F