#D9E357#D9E357

#D9E357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.161 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E357
RGB	rgb(217, 227, 87)
HSL	hsl(64, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(64, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 61.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.18, -21.13, 65.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.18, 68.41, 107.99°)
OKLab	oklab(88.22% -0.0633 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(88.22% 0.161 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.8061, 70.3792, 19.5544)
Luminance	0.7038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E357 #6157E3

analogous

#E3A757 #D9E357 #93E357

triadic

#D9E357 #57D9E3 #E357D9

tetradic

#D9E357 #57E3A7 #6157E3 #E35793

square

#D9E357 #57E3A7 #6157E3 #E35793

split-complementary

#D9E357 #5793E3 #A757E3

monochromatic

#9AA41B #CCD924 #D9E357 #E5EC8B #F1F4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#D9E357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.08

#D9E357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E357

15.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E357	1.00	1.39	15.08	15.08
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 227, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.161 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8eb8c',
    500: '#d9e357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e357;
$custom-light: #e8eb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88222,
    "c": 0.16121,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E357

secondary

#3F38A7

accent

#12D320

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E357

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

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