#D6E259#D6E259

#D6E259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.159 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6E259
RGB	rgb(214, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.71, -21.72, 63.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.71, 67.26, 108.84°)
OKLab	oklab(87.79% -0.0646 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(87.79% 0.159 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.7324, 69.4111, 19.8584)
Luminance	0.6941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6E259 #6559E2

analogous

#E2A959 #D6E259 #92E259

triadic

#D6E259 #59D6E2 #E259D6

tetradic

#D6E259 #59E2A9 #6559E2 #E25992

square

#D6E259 #59E2A9 #6559E2 #E25992

split-complementary

#D6E259 #5992E2 #A959E2

monochromatic

#98A41D #C8D826 #D6E259 #E3EB8D #F0F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#D6E259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.88

#D6E259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6E259

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6E259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6E259	1.00	1.41	14.88	14.88
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6e259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.159 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5eb8d',
    500: '#d6e259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6e259;
$custom-light: #e5eb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6e259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.255,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87791,
    "c": 0.15931,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6E259

secondary

#4239A6

accent

#13D224

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6E259

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

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