#D9E059#D9E059

#D9E059 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.156 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E059
RGB	rgb(217, 224, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 60.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.40, -19.54, 63.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.40, 66.33, 107.13°)
OKLab	oklab(87.6% -0.0586 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(87.6% 0.156 112)
XYZ	xyz(57.0756, 68.7855, 19.7196)
Luminance	0.6878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E059 #6059E0

analogous

#E0A459 #D9E059 #96E059

triadic

#D9E059 #59D9E0 #E059D9

tetradic

#D9E059 #59E0A4 #6059E0 #E05996

square

#D9E059 #59E0A4 #6059E0 #E05996

split-complementary

#D9E059 #5996E0 #A459E0

monochromatic

#9AA11E #CBD428 #D9E059 #E5EA8D #F1F3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#D9E059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#D9E059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E059

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E059	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 224, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.156 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e98d',
    500: '#d9e059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e059;
$custom-light: #e8e98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.111,
    "s": 68.528,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87599,
    "c": 0.1564,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.68784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E059

secondary

#3F3AA4

accent

#15D01F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E059

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

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