#D9DD55#D9DD55

#D9DD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.156 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9DD55
RGB	rgb(217, 221, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.57, -18.33, 64.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.57, 66.72, 105.95°)
OKLab	oklab(86.92% -0.0556 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(86.92% 0.156 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.1130, 67.1219, 18.5925)
Luminance	0.6712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9DD55 #5955DD

analogous

#DD9D55 #D9DD55 #95DD55

triadic

#D9DD55 #55D9DD #DD55D9

tetradic

#D9DD55 #55DD9D #5955DD #DD5595

square

#D9DD55 #55DD9D #5955DD #DD5595

split-complementary

#D9DD55 #5595DD #9D55DD

monochromatic

#95991F #C7CC29 #D9DD55 #E4E788 #F0F1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#D9DD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#D9DD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9DD55

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9DD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9DD55	1.00	1.46	14.42	14.42
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9dd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 221, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.156 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e78b',
    500: '#d9dd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9dd55;
$custom-light: #e8e78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9dd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.765,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86924,
    "c": 0.15631,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9DD55

secondary

#3C399D

accent

#3EEA43

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9DD55

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

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