#D9E253#D9E253

#D9E253 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.163 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E253
RGB	rgb(217, 226, 83)
HSL	hsl(64, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(64, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 63.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.88, -20.90, 66.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.88, 69.57, 107.48°)
OKLab	oklab(87.97% -0.063 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(87.97% 0.163 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.3745, 69.7702, 18.6265)
Luminance	0.6977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E253 #5C53E2

analogous

#E2A353 #D9E253 #91E253

triadic

#D9E253 #53D9E2 #E253D9

tetradic

#D9E253 #53E2A3 #5C53E2 #E25391

square

#D9E253 #53E2A3 #5C53E2 #E25391

split-complementary

#D9E253 #5391E2 #A353E2

monochromatic

#97A01B #C9D424 #D9E253 #E5EB87 #F0F4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#D9E253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#D9E253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E253

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E253	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)

#F2D840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 226, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.163 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ea8a',
    500: '#d9e253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e253;
$custom-light: #e8ea8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.776,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87973,
    "c": 0.16313,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E253

secondary

#3D37A3

accent

#12D31E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E253

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

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