#D9E055#D9E055

#D9E055 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.159 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E055
RGB	rgb(217, 224, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 62.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.37, -19.80, 65.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.37, 67.96, 106.94°)
OKLab	oklab(87.56% -0.0597 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(87.56% 0.159 112)
XYZ	xyz(56.9122, 68.7202, 18.8589)
Luminance	0.6872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E055 #5C55E0

analogous

#E0A255 #D9E055 #93E055

triadic

#D9E055 #55D9E0 #E055D9

tetradic

#D9E055 #55E0A2 #5C55E0 #E05593

square

#D9E055 #55E0A2 #5C55E0 #E05593

split-complementary

#D9E055 #5593E0 #A255E0

monochromatic

#979E1D #C9D226 #D9E055 #E5E989 #F0F3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#D9E055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#D9E055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E055

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E055	1.00	1.42	14.74	14.74
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 224, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.159 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e98b',
    500: '#d9e055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e055;
$custom-light: #e8e98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.022,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87563,
    "c": 0.15949,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.68719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E055

secondary

#3D38A1

accent

#14D11E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E055

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

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