#D5E231#D5E231

#D5E231 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.184 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5E231
RGB	rgb(213, 226, 49)
HSL	hsl(64, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.39, -24.18, 77.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.39, 81.06, 107.35°)
OKLab	oklab(87.44% -0.0749 0.1683)
OKLCH	oklch(87.44% 0.184 114)
XYZ	xyz(55.1930, 68.7617, 13.2700)
Luminance	0.6876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5E231 #3E31E2

analogous

#E29731 #D5E231 #7DE231

triadic

#D5E231 #31D5E2 #E231D5

tetradic

#D5E231 #31E297 #3E31E2 #E2317D

square

#D5E231 #31E297 #3E31E2 #E2317D

split-complementary

#D5E231 #317DE2 #9731E2

monochromatic

#7D8613 #B0BB1A #D5E231 #E0EA67 #EBF19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#D5E231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#D5E231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5E231

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5E231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5E231	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3D4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5e231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 226, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.184 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6ea79',
    500: '#d5e231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5e231;
$custom-light: #e6ea79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5e231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.407,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87437,
    "c": 0.18424,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.68761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5E231

secondary

#322B8C

accent

#36F244

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFDF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#16160A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5E231

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

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