#D9E042#D9E042

#D9E042 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.172 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E042
RGB	rgb(217, 224, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.23, -20.86, 72.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.23, 75.01, 106.15°)
OKLab	oklab(87.42% -0.0646 0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(87.42% 0.172 112)
XYZ	xyz(56.2561, 68.4577, 15.4034)
Luminance	0.6846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E042 #4942E0

analogous

#E09842 #D9E042 #8AE042

triadic

#D9E042 #42D9E0 #E042D9

tetradic

#D9E042 #42E098 #4942E0 #E0428A

square

#D9E042 #42E098 #4942E0 #E0428A

split-complementary

#D9E042 #428AE0 #9842E0

monochromatic

#8B9018 #BDC520 #D9E042 #E4E977 #EEF1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#D9E042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#D9E042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E042

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E042	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 224, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.172 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e981',
    500: '#d9e042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e042;
$custom-light: #e8e981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.658,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87417,
    "c": 0.17235,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.68456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E042

secondary

#363195

accent

#39EF41

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E042

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

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