#D9D970#D9D970

#D9D970 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.128 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D970
RGB	rgb(217, 217, 112)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 48.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.77, -14.29, 51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.77, 53.20, 105.58°)
OKLab	oklab(86.37% -0.0413 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(86.37% 0.128 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.3540, 65.5486, 25.0096)
Luminance	0.6555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D970 #7070D9

analogous

#D9A570 #D9D970 #A5D970

triadic

#D9D970 #70D9D9 #D970D9

tetradic

#D9D970 #70D9A5 #7070D9 #D970A5

square

#D9D970 #70D9A5 #7070D9 #D970A5

split-complementary

#D9D970 #70A5D9 #A570D9

monochromatic

#A3A32B #CCCC40 #D9D970 #E6E6A0 #F3F3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#D9D970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#D9D970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D970

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D970	1.00	1.49	14.11	14.11
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D267

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D575

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 217, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.128 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e49b',
    500: '#d9d970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d970;
$custom-light: #e7e49b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 58.011,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8637,
    "c": 0.12826,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D970

secondary

#4646A7

accent

#20C620

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D970

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

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