#D9DC59#D9DC59

#D9DC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.152 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9DC59
RGB	rgb(217, 220, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.33, -17.58, 62.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.33, 64.67, 105.77°)
OKLab	oklab(86.75% -0.0531 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(86.75% 0.152 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.0132, 66.6608, 19.3654)
Luminance	0.6666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9DC59 #5C59DC

analogous

#DC9D59 #D9DC59 #97DC59

triadic

#D9DC59 #59D9DC #DC59D9

tetradic

#D9DC59 #59DC9D #5C59DC #DC5997

square

#D9DC59 #59DC9D #5C59DC #DC5997

split-complementary

#D9DC59 #5997DC #9D59DC

monochromatic

#979A20 #C9CD2B #D9DC59 #E5E78C #F0F1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#D9DC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#D9DC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9DC59

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9DC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9DC59	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)

#ECD34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9dc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 220, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.152 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e68d',
    500: '#d9dc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9dc59;
$custom-light: #e8e68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9dc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.374,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86748,
    "c": 0.15212,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9DC59

secondary

#3D3B9E

accent

#18CD1D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9DC59

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

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