#D9DD59#D9DD59

#D9DD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.153 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9DD59
RGB	rgb(217, 221, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.60, -18.07, 62.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.60, 65.08, 106.12°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% -0.0545 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.153 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.2765, 67.1872, 19.4532)
Luminance	0.6719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9DD59 #5D59DD

analogous

#DD9F59 #D9DD59 #97DD59

triadic

#D9DD59 #59D9DD #DD59D9

tetradic

#D9DD59 #59DD9F #5D59DD #DD5997

square

#D9DD59 #59DD9F #5D59DD #DD5997

split-complementary

#D9DD59 #5997DD #9F59DD

monochromatic

#989C20 #CACF2A #D9DD59 #E5E78C #F0F2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#D9DD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#D9DD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9DD59

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9DD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9DD59	1.00	1.45	14.44	14.44
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9dd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 221, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.153 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e78d',
    500: '#d9dd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9dd59;
$custom-light: #e8e78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9dd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.818,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86961,
    "c": 0.15318,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9DD59

secondary

#3E3BA0

accent

#18CE1D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9DD59

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

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