#D9E161#D9E161

#D9E161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.151 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E161
RGB	rgb(217, 225, 97)
HSL	hsl(64, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(64, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 56.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.73, -19.46, 60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.73, 63.41, 107.87°)
OKLab	oklab(87.89% -0.0576 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(87.89% 0.151 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.6995, 69.4664, 21.6758)
Luminance	0.6946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E161 #6961E1

analogous

#E1A961 #D9E161 #99E161

triadic

#D9E161 #61D9E1 #E161D9

tetradic

#D9E161 #61E1A9 #6961E1 #E16199

square

#D9E161 #61E1A9 #6961E1 #E16199

split-complementary

#D9E161 #6199E1 #A961E1

monochromatic

#9FA820 #CDD72E #D9E161 #E5EB94 #F2F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#D9E161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#D9E161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E161

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E161	1.00	1.41	14.89	14.89
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 225, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.151 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7ea92',
    500: '#d9e161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e161;
$custom-light: #e7ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87891,
    "c": 0.15095,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E161

secondary

#433CAA

accent

#15D021

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E161

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

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