#D9E355#D9E355

#D9E355 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.163 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E355
RGB	rgb(217, 227, 85)
HSL	hsl(64, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(64, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 62.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.17, -21.26, 65.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.17, 69.20, 107.89°)
OKLab	oklab(88.2% -0.0638 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(88.2% 0.163 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.7256, 70.3469, 19.1300)
Luminance	0.7035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E355 #5F55E3

analogous

#E3A655 #D9E355 #92E355

triadic

#D9E355 #55D9E3 #E355D9

tetradic

#D9E355 #55E3A6 #5F55E3 #E35592

square

#D9E355 #55E3A6 #5F55E3 #E35592

split-complementary

#D9E355 #5592E3 #A655E3

monochromatic

#99A31B #CBD723 #D9E355 #E5EC8A #F0F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#D9E355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.07

#D9E355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E355

15.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E355	1.00	1.39	15.07	15.07
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 227, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.163 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8eb8b',
    500: '#d9e355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e355;
$custom-light: #e8eb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.225,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88204,
    "c": 0.16273,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E355

secondary

#3F37A5

accent

#12D41F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E355

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

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