#D9DB59#D9DB59

#D9DB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.151 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9DB59
RGB	rgb(217, 219, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(61, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.07, -17.09, 61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.07, 64.26, 105.42°)
OKLab	oklab(86.54% -0.0517 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(86.54% 0.151 110)
XYZ	xyz(55.7516, 66.1374, 19.2782)
Luminance	0.6614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9DB59 #5B59DB

analogous

#DB9C59 #D9DB59 #98DB59

triadic

#D9DB59 #59D9DB #DB59D9

tetradic

#D9DB59 #59DB9C #5B59DB #DB5998

square

#D9DB59 #59DB9C #5B59DB #DB5998

split-complementary

#D9DB59 #5998DB #9C59DB

monochromatic

#979921 #C8CB2C #D9DB59 #E5E68B #F0F1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#D9DB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#D9DB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9DB59

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9DB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9DB59	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9db59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 219, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.151 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e68d',
    500: '#d9db59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9db59;
$custom-light: #e8e68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9db59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.923,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86536,
    "c": 0.15106,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.66136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9DB59

secondary

#3D3B9D

accent

#19CC1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9DB59

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

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