#D9E056#D9E056

#D9E056 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 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E056
RGB	rgb(217, 224, 86)
HSL	hsl(63, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 61.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.37, -19.74, 64.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.37, 67.55, 106.99°)
OKLab	oklab(87.57% -0.0595 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(87.57% 0.159 112)
XYZ	xyz(56.9522, 68.7362, 19.0696)
Luminance	0.6874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E056 #5D56E0

analogous

#E0A256 #D9E056 #94E056

triadic

#D9E056 #56D9E0 #E056D9

tetradic

#D9E056 #56E0A2 #5D56E0 #E05694

square

#D9E056 #56E0A2 #5D56E0 #E05694

split-complementary

#D9E056 #5694E0 #A256E0

monochromatic

#989F1D #CAD227 #D9E056 #E5E98A #F0F3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#D9E056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#D9E056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E056

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E056	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 224, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.159 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e98c',
    500: '#d9e056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e056;
$custom-light: #e8e98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.043,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87572,
    "c": 0.15874,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.68735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E056

secondary

#3E38A2

accent

#15D11E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E056

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

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