#D5E159#D5E159
#D5E159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.158 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #D5E159 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(213, 225, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(65, 69%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(65, 60%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 60.4%, 11.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(86.36, -21.64, 63.27) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(86.36, 66.87, 108.88°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87.5% -0.0643 0.1448) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87.5% 0.158 113.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.1703, 68.7188, 19.7543) |
| Luminance | 0.6872 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 3.90
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 6.39
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 6.52
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 6.72
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 6.72
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 6.76
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#D5E159 #6559E1
analogous
#E1A959 #D5E159 #91E159
triadic
#D5E159 #59D5E1 #E159D5
tetradic
#D5E159 #59E1A9 #6559E1 #E15991
square
#D5E159 #59E1A9 #6559E1 #E15991
split-complementary
#D5E159 #5991E1 #A959E1
monochromatic
#97A21D #C7D627 #D5E159 #E2EA8D #EFF4C1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.42
#D5E159 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.74
#D5E159 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #D5E159
14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##D5E159 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##D5E159 | 1.00 | 1.42 | 14.74 | 14.74 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.42 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.74 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.74 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F0D749
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F0D962
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E2D5C4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D8D8D8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #d5e159; /* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 225, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.158 113.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#e5ea8d',
500: '#d5e159',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #d5e159; $custom-light: #e5ea8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#d5e159",
"rgb": {
"r": 213,
"g": 225,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 65.294,
"s": 69.388,
"l": 61.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.87499,
"c": 0.15845,
"h": 113.9
},
"luminance": 0.68718
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#D5E159
secondary
#4339A5
accent
#14D125
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FDFDF4
border
#D5D5CE
text
#16160D
muted
#84847F