#D9DE59#D9DE59

#D9DE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.154 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9DE59
RGB	rgb(217, 222, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.86, -18.56, 62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.86, 65.50, 106.46°)
OKLab	oklab(87.17% -0.0558 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(87.17% 0.154 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.5413, 67.7169, 19.5414)
Luminance	0.6772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9DE59 #5E59DE

analogous

#DEA059 #D9DE59 #96DE59

triadic

#D9DE59 #59D9DE #DE59D9

tetradic

#D9DE59 #59DEA0 #5E59DE #DE5996

square

#D9DE59 #59DEA0 #5E59DE #DE5996

split-complementary

#D9DE59 #5996DE #A059DE

monochromatic

#999D1F #CAD029 #D9DE59 #E5E88C #F0F2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#D9DE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#D9DE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9DE59

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9DE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9DE59	1.00	1.44	14.54	14.54
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9de59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 222, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.154 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e88d',
    500: '#d9de59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9de59;
$custom-light: #e8e88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9de59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.256,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87173,
    "c": 0.15426,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9DE59

secondary

#3E3AA1

accent

#17CF1E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9DE59

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

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