#D9E231#D9E231

#D9E231 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.183 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E231
RGB	rgb(217, 226, 49)
HSL	hsl(63, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.69, -22.53, 77.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.69, 80.95, 106.16°)
OKLab	oklab(87.75% -0.0706 0.169)
OKLCH	oklch(87.75% 0.183 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.3679, 69.3675, 13.3251)
Luminance	0.6937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E231 #3A31E2

analogous

#E29331 #D9E231 #81E231

triadic

#D9E231 #31D9E2 #E231D9

tetradic

#D9E231 #31E293 #3A31E2 #E23181

square

#D9E231 #31E293 #3A31E2 #E23181

split-complementary

#D9E231 #3181E2 #9331E2

monochromatic

#808613 #B3BB1A #D9E231 #E3EA67 #EDF19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#D9E231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#D9E231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E231

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E231	1.00	1.41	14.87	14.87
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 226, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.183 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ea79',
    500: '#d9e231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e231;
$custom-light: #e9ea79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.051,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87751,
    "c": 0.18312,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E231

secondary

#302B8C

accent

#36F23F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFDF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E231

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

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