#D9E261#D9E261

#D9E261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.152 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E261
RGB	rgb(217, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(64, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(64, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.00, -19.94, 60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.00, 63.84, 108.20°)
OKLab	oklab(88.1% -0.0589 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(88.1% 0.152 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.9706, 70.0086, 21.7662)
Luminance	0.7001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E261 #6A61E2

analogous

#E2AA61 #D9E261 #98E261

triadic

#D9E261 #61D9E2 #E261D9

tetradic

#D9E261 #61E2AA #6A61E2 #E26198

square

#D9E261 #61E2AA #6A61E2 #E26198

split-complementary

#D9E261 #6198E2 #AA61E2

monochromatic

#A0A91F #CDD92D #D9E261 #E5EB95 #F2F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#D9E261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.00

#D9E261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E261

15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E261	1.00	1.40	15.00	15.00
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.152 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7eb92',
    500: '#d9e261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e261;
$custom-light: #e7eb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.186,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88104,
    "c": 0.15205,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E261

secondary

#443CAB

accent

#15D122

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E261

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

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