#D9D950#D9D950

#D9D950 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.156 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D950
RGB	rgb(217, 217, 80)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 63.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.46, -16.68, 65.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.46, 67.13, 104.39°)
OKLab	oklab(86.03% -0.0515 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(86.03% 0.156 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.8778, 64.9582, 17.2352)
Luminance	0.6496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D950 #5050D9

analogous

#D99450 #D9D950 #94D950

triadic

#D9D950 #50D9D9 #D950D9

tetradic

#D9D950 #50D994 #5050D9 #D95094

square

#D9D950 #50D994 #5050D9 #D95094

split-complementary

#D9D950 #5094D9 #9450D9

monochromatic

#8F8F1F #C2C22A #D9D950 #E4E482 #EFEFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#D9D950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#D9D950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D950

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D950	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)

#EAD03E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 217, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.156 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e488',
    500: '#d9d950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d950;
$custom-light: #e8e488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.319,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8603,
    "c": 0.15594,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D950

secondary

#383895

accent

#40E740

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D950

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

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