#D9E252#D9E252

#D9E252 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.164 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E252
RGB	rgb(217, 226, 82)
HSL	hsl(64, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(64, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 63.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.88, -20.96, 66.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.88, 69.96, 107.43°)
OKLab	oklab(87.97% -0.0633 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(87.97% 0.164 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.3362, 69.7548, 18.4247)
Luminance	0.6975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E252 #5B52E2

analogous

#E2A352 #D9E252 #91E252

triadic

#D9E252 #52D9E2 #E252D9

tetradic

#D9E252 #52E2A3 #5B52E2 #E25291

square

#D9E252 #52E2A3 #5B52E2 #E25291

split-complementary

#D9E252 #5291E2 #A352E2

monochromatic

#979F1B #C8D323 #D9E252 #E5EB86 #F0F4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#D9E252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#D9E252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E252

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E252	1.00	1.40	14.95	14.95
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D83F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 226, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.164 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ea89',
    500: '#d9e252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e252;
$custom-light: #e8ea89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 71.287,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87965,
    "c": 0.16386,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E252

secondary

#3D36A2

accent

#12D31E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E252

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

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