#D9DB72#D9DB72

#D9DB72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.129 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9DB72
RGB	rgb(217, 219, 114)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(61, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 47.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.32, -15.10, 50.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.32, 53.15, 106.51°)
OKLab	oklab(86.82% -0.0435 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(86.82% 0.129 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.9852, 66.6309, 25.7755)
Luminance	0.6663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9DB72 #7472DB

analogous

#DBA872 #D9DB72 #A4DB72

triadic

#D9DB72 #72D9DB #DB72D9

tetradic

#D9DB72 #72DBA8 #7472DB #DB72A4

square

#D9DB72 #72DBA8 #7472DB #DB72A4

split-complementary

#D9DB72 #72A4DB #A872DB

monochromatic

#A5A82B #CCCF41 #D9DB72 #E6E7A3 #F3F4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#D9DB72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#D9DB72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9DB72

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9DB72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9DB72	1.00	1.47	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D369

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9db72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 219, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.129 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e69d',
    500: '#d9db72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9db72;
$custom-light: #e7e69d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9db72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.143,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86817,
    "c": 0.12853,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9DB72

secondary

#4847AB

accent

#1FC722

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9DB72

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

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