#D9E157#D9E157

#D9E157 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.159 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E157
RGB	rgb(217, 225, 87)
HSL	hsl(63, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 61.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.65, -20.16, 64.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.65, 67.57, 107.36°)
OKLab	oklab(87.79% -0.0605 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(87.79% 0.159 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.2623, 69.2915, 19.3731)
Luminance	0.6929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E157 #5F57E1

analogous

#E1A457 #D9E157 #94E157

triadic

#D9E157 #57D9E1 #E157D9

tetradic

#D9E157 #57E1A4 #5F57E1 #E15794

square

#D9E157 #57E1A4 #5F57E1 #E15794

split-complementary

#D9E157 #5794E1 #A457E1

monochromatic

#99A11D #CBD526 #D9E157 #E5EA8B #F0F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#D9E157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#D9E157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E157

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E157	1.00	1.41	14.86	14.86
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 225, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.159 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ea8c',
    500: '#d9e157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e157;
$custom-light: #e8ea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.478,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87794,
    "c": 0.15905,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E157

secondary

#3F38A4

accent

#14D21F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E157

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

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