#D9D95B#D9D95B

#D9D95B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.147 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D95B
RGB	rgb(217, 217, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 58.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.55, -15.96, 60.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.55, 62.60, 104.77°)
OKLab	oklab(86.13% -0.0483 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(86.13% 0.147 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.3181, 65.1342, 19.5537)
Luminance	0.6513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D95B #5B5BD9

analogous

#D99A5B #D9D95B #9AD95B

triadic

#D9D95B #5BD9D9 #D95BD9

tetradic

#D9D95B #5BD99A #5B5BD9 #D95B9A

square

#D9D95B #5BD99A #5B5BD9 #D95B9A

split-complementary

#D9D95B #5B9AD9 #9A5BD9

monochromatic

#979723 #C8C82E #D9D95B #E5E58D #F0F0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#D9D95B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#D9D95B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D95B

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D95B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D95B	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d95b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 217, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.147 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e48e',
    500: '#d9d95b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d95b;
$custom-light: #e7e48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d95b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86132,
    "c": 0.14733,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D95B

secondary

#3D3D9B

accent

#1BCA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D95B

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

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