#D9E256#D9E256

#D9E256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.161 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E256
RGB	rgb(217, 226, 86)
HSL	hsl(64, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(64, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.91, -20.71, 65.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.91, 68.39, 107.63°)
OKLab	oklab(88% -0.0622 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(88% 0.161 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.4929, 69.8175, 19.2498)
Luminance	0.6982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E256 #5F56E2

analogous

#E2A556 #D9E256 #93E256

triadic

#D9E256 #56D9E2 #E256D9

tetradic

#D9E256 #56E2A5 #5F56E2 #E25693

square

#D9E256 #56E2A5 #5F56E2 #E25693

split-complementary

#D9E256 #5693E2 #A556E2

monochromatic

#99A21C #CBD625 #D9E256 #E5EB8A #F0F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#D9E256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#D9E256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E256

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E256	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)

#F2D844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 226, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.161 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ea8c',
    500: '#d9e256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e256;
$custom-light: #e8ea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.857,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87999,
    "c": 0.16089,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E256

secondary

#3F38A5

accent

#13D31F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E256

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

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