#D9D960#D9D960

#D9D960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.143 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D960
RGB	rgb(217, 217, 96)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 55.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.60, -15.60, 58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.60, 60.44, 104.95°)
OKLab	oklab(86.18% -0.0467 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(86.18% 0.143 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.5410, 65.2234, 20.7277)
Luminance	0.6522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D960 #6060D9

analogous

#D99D60 #D9D960 #9DD960

triadic

#D9D960 #60D9D9 #D960D9

tetradic

#D9D960 #60D99D #6060D9 #D9609D

square

#D9D960 #60D99D #6060D9 #D9609D

split-complementary

#D9D960 #609DD9 #9D60D9

monochromatic

#9A9A25 #CBCB31 #D9D960 #E5E591 #F1F1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#D9D960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#D9D960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D960

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D960	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)

#E9D153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 217, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.143 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e491',
    500: '#d9d960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d960;
$custom-light: #e7e491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 61.421,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86183,
    "c": 0.1431,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D960

secondary

#3F3F9E

accent

#1CC91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D960

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

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