#D9DD42#D9DD42

#D9DD42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.169 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9DD42
RGB	rgb(217, 221, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(62, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.43, -19.40, 71.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.43, 73.87, 105.23°)
OKLab	oklab(86.78% -0.0605 0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(86.78% 0.169 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.4569, 66.8594, 15.1370)
Luminance	0.6686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9DD42 #4642DD

analogous

#DD9442 #D9DD42 #8CDD42

triadic

#D9DD42 #42D9DD #DD42D9

tetradic

#D9DD42 #42DD94 #4642DD #DD428C

square

#D9DD42 #42DD94 #4642DD #DD428C

split-complementary

#D9DD42 #428CDD #9442DD

monochromatic

#898C19 #BBBF22 #D9DD42 #E3E676 #EEF0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#D9DD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#D9DD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9DD42

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9DD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9DD42	1.00	1.46	14.37	14.37
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9dd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 221, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.169 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e780',
    500: '#d9dd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9dd42;
$custom-light: #e8e780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9dd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.548,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86776,
    "c": 0.16934,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9DD42

secondary

#353291

accent

#3BEC40

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9DD42

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

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