#D4E257#D4E257

#D4E257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.161 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4E257
RGB	rgb(212, 226, 87)
HSL	hsl(66, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(66, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 0%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.54, -22.66, 64.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.54, 68.14, 109.42°)
OKLab	oklab(87.62% -0.0673 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(87.62% 0.161 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.0693, 69.0788, 19.3948)
Luminance	0.6908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4E257 #6557E2

analogous

#E2AB57 #D4E257 #8FE257

triadic

#D4E257 #57D4E2 #E257D4

tetradic

#D4E257 #57E2AB #6557E2 #E2578F

square

#D4E257 #57E2AB #6557E2 #E2578F

split-complementary

#D4E257 #578FE2 #AB57E2

monochromatic

#95A31C #C5D725 #D4E257 #E1EB8B #EFF4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#D4E257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#D4E257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4E257

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4E257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4E257	1.00	1.42	14.82	14.82
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4e257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 226, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.161 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4eb8c',
    500: '#d4e257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4e257;
$custom-light: #e4eb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4e257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.043,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87618,
    "c": 0.1614,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4E257

secondary

#4338A5

accent

#13D326

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4E257

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

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