#D9E162#D9E162

#D9E162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.150 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E162
RGB	rgb(217, 225, 98)
HSL	hsl(64, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(64, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 56.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.74, -19.38, 59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.74, 62.98, 107.92°)
OKLab	oklab(87.9% -0.0572 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(87.9% 0.15 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.7464, 69.4851, 21.9229)
Luminance	0.6948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E162 #6A62E1

analogous

#E1AA62 #D9E162 #99E162

triadic

#D9E162 #62D9E1 #E162D9

tetradic

#D9E162 #62E1AA #6A62E1 #E16299

square

#D9E162 #62E1AA #6A62E1 #E16299

split-complementary

#D9E162 #6299E1 #AA62E1

monochromatic

#A0A820 #CDD72F #D9E162 #E5EB95 #F2F5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#D9E162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.90

#D9E162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E162

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E162	1.00	1.41	14.90	14.90
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 225, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.150 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7ea93',
    500: '#d9e162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e162;
$custom-light: #e7ea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.78,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87902,
    "c": 0.15008,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E162

secondary

#443DAB

accent

#16D021

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E162

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

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