#D6E959#D6E959

#D6E959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.167 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6E959
RGB	rgb(214, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(68, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(68, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.59, -25.08, 65.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.59, 70.31, 110.90°)
OKLab	oklab(89.3% -0.074 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(89.3% 0.167 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.6749, 73.2960, 20.5058)
Luminance	0.7329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6E959 #6C59E9

analogous

#E9B459 #D6E959 #8EE959

triadic

#D6E959 #59D6E9 #E959D6

tetradic

#D6E959 #59E9B4 #6C59E9 #E9598E

square

#D6E959 #59E9B4 #6C59E9 #E9598E

split-complementary

#D6E959 #598EE9 #B459E9

monochromatic

#9CB017 #C9E223 #D6E959 #E3F08F #F1F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#D6E959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#D6E959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6E959

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6E959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6E959	1.00	1.34	15.66	15.66
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2DDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6e959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.167 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6f08e',
    500: '#d6e959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6e959;
$custom-light: #e6f08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6e959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.917,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89299,
    "c": 0.16719,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6E959

secondary

#4635B1

accent

#0DD928

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FDFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6E959

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

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