#D9D95E#D9D95E

#D9D95E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.145 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D95E
RGB	rgb(217, 217, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 56.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.58, -15.74, 59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.58, 61.31, 104.88°)
OKLab	oklab(86.16% -0.0474 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(86.16% 0.145 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.4501, 65.1870, 20.2489)
Luminance	0.6519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D95E #5E5ED9

analogous

#D99B5E #D9D95E #9BD95E

triadic

#D9D95E #5ED9D9 #D95ED9

tetradic

#D9D95E #5ED99B #5E5ED9 #D95E9B

square

#D9D95E #5ED99B #5E5ED9 #D95E9B

split-complementary

#D9D95E #5E9BD9 #9B5ED9

monochromatic

#999924 #CACA30 #D9D95E #E5E590 #F0F0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#D9D95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#D9D95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D95E

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D95E	1.00	1.50	14.04	14.04
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 217, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.145 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e490',
    500: '#d9d95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d95e;
$custom-light: #e7e490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 61.809,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86162,
    "c": 0.14481,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D95E

secondary

#3E3E9D

accent

#1CCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D95E

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

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