#D9E257#D9E257

#D9E257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.160 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E257
RGB	rgb(217, 226, 87)
HSL	hsl(64, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(64, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.92, -20.64, 64.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.92, 67.99, 107.68°)
OKLab	oklab(88.01% -0.0619 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(88.01% 0.16 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.5334, 69.8337, 19.4635)
Luminance	0.6983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E257 #6057E2

analogous

#E2A657 #D9E257 #94E257

triadic

#D9E257 #57D9E2 #E257D9

tetradic

#D9E257 #57E2A6 #6057E2 #E25794

square

#D9E257 #57E2A6 #6057E2 #E25794

split-complementary

#D9E257 #5794E2 #A657E2

monochromatic

#9AA31C #CBD725 #D9E257 #E5EB8B #F1F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#D9E257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.97

#D9E257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E257

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E257	1.00	1.40	14.97	14.97
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 226, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.160 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8eb8c',
    500: '#d9e257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e257;
$custom-light: #e8eb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.885,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88008,
    "c": 0.16013,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E257

secondary

#3F38A5

accent

#13D31F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E257

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

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