#D9D95D#D9D95D

#D9D95D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.146 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D95D
RGB	rgb(217, 217, 93)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 57.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.57, -15.82, 59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.57, 61.74, 104.84°)
OKLab	oklab(86.15% -0.0477 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(86.15% 0.146 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.4055, 65.1692, 20.0141)
Luminance	0.6517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D95D #5D5DD9

analogous

#D99B5D #D9D95D #9BD95D

triadic

#D9D95D #5DD9D9 #D95DD9

tetradic

#D9D95D #5DD99B #5D5DD9 #D95D9B

square

#D9D95D #5DD99B #5D5DD9 #D95D9B

split-complementary

#D9D95D #5D9BD9 #9B5DD9

monochromatic

#989824 #CACA2F #D9D95D #E5E58F #F0F0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#D9D95D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#D9D95D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D95D

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D95D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D95D	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)

#E9D14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d95d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 217, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.146 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e48f',
    500: '#d9d95d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d95d;
$custom-light: #e7e48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d95d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 62,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86152,
    "c": 0.14566,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D95D

secondary

#3E3E9C

accent

#1CCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D95D

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

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