#D9E356#D9E356

#D9E356 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.162 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E356
RGB	rgb(217, 227, 86)
HSL	hsl(64, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(64, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 62.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.17, -21.19, 65.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.17, 68.81, 107.94°)
OKLab	oklab(88.21% -0.0636 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(88.21% 0.162 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.7656, 70.3629, 19.3407)
Luminance	0.7036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E356 #6056E3

analogous

#E3A756 #D9E356 #93E356

triadic

#D9E356 #56D9E3 #E356D9

tetradic

#D9E356 #56E3A7 #6056E3 #E35693

square

#D9E356 #56E3A7 #6056E3 #E35693

split-complementary

#D9E356 #5693E3 #A756E3

monochromatic

#9AA41B #CBD824 #D9E356 #E5EC8B #F1F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#D9E356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.07

#D9E356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E356

15.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E356	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)

#F3D944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 227, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.162 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8eb8c',
    500: '#d9e356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e356;
$custom-light: #e8eb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.255,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88213,
    "c": 0.16198,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E356

secondary

#3F37A6

accent

#12D420

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E356

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

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