#D9E249#D9E249

#D9E249 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.170 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E249
RGB	rgb(217, 226, 73)
HSL	hsl(64, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(64, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.81, -21.48, 70.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.81, 73.34, 107.03°)
OKLab	oklab(87.89% -0.0656 0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(87.89% 0.17 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.0159, 69.6267, 16.7379)
Luminance	0.6963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E249 #5249E2

analogous

#E29E49 #D9E249 #8CE249

triadic

#D9E249 #49D9E2 #E249D9

tetradic

#D9E249 #49E29E #5249E2 #E2498C

square

#D9E249 #49E29E #5249E2 #E2498C

split-complementary

#D9E249 #498CE2 #9E49E2

monochromatic

#919818 #C3CD21 #D9E249 #E4EA7E #EFF3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#D9E249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.93

#D9E249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E249

14.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E249	1.00	1.41	14.93	14.93
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 226, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.170 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ea84',
    500: '#d9e249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e249;
$custom-light: #e8ea84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.529,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87894,
    "c": 0.17005,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E249

secondary

#39339C

accent

#39EF43

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E249

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

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