#D9E172#D9E172

#D9E172 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.135 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E172
RGB	rgb(217, 225, 114)
HSL	hsl(64, 65%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(64, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 49.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.91, -18.06, 52.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.91, 55.86, 108.87°)
OKLab	oklab(88.09% -0.0519 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(88.09% 0.135 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.5788, 69.8181, 26.3067)
Luminance	0.6982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E172 #7A72E1

analogous

#E1B272 #D9E172 #A2E172

triadic

#D9E172 #72D9E1 #E172D9

tetradic

#D9E172 #72E1B2 #7A72E1 #E172A2

square

#D9E172 #72E1B2 #7A72E1 #E172A2

split-complementary

#D9E172 #72A2E1 #B272E1

monochromatic

#A8B326 #CBD640 #D9E172 #E7ECA4 #F4F6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#D9E172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#D9E172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E172

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E172	1.00	1.40	14.96	14.96
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 225, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.135 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7ea9d',
    500: '#d9e172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e172;
$custom-light: #e7ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.324,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88085,
    "c": 0.13544,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E172

secondary

#4C43B4

accent

#19CD26

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E172

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

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