#D9E156#D9E156

#D9E156 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.160 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E156
RGB	rgb(217, 225, 86)
HSL	hsl(63, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.64, -20.22, 64.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.64, 67.97, 107.31°)
OKLab	oklab(87.79% -0.0608 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(87.79% 0.16 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.2217, 69.2753, 19.1594)
Luminance	0.6927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E156 #5E56E1

analogous

#E1A356 #D9E156 #93E156

triadic

#D9E156 #56D9E1 #E156D9

tetradic

#D9E156 #56E1A3 #5E56E1 #E15693

square

#D9E156 #56E1A3 #5E56E1 #E15693

split-complementary

#D9E156 #5693E1 #A356E1

monochromatic

#99A01C #CAD426 #D9E156 #E5EA8A #F0F3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#D9E156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.85

#D9E156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E156

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E156	1.00	1.41	14.85	14.85
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 225, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.160 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ea8c',
    500: '#d9e156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e156;
$custom-light: #e8ea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.453,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87785,
    "c": 0.15981,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E156

secondary

#3E38A3

accent

#14D21F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E156

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

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