#D9E451#D9E451

#D9E451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.167 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E451
RGB	rgb(217, 228, 81)
HSL	hsl(64, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(64, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.40, -21.99, 67.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.40, 71.17, 107.99°)
OKLab	oklab(88.39% -0.0663 0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(88.39% 0.167 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.8454, 70.8337, 18.4081)
Luminance	0.7083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E451 #5C51E4

analogous

#E4A551 #D9E451 #8FE451

triadic

#D9E451 #51D9E4 #E451D9

tetradic

#D9E451 #51E4A5 #5C51E4 #E4518F

square

#D9E451 #51E4A5 #5C51E4 #E4518F

split-complementary

#D9E451 #518FE4 #A551E4

monochromatic

#97A219 #C9D721 #D9E451 #E5EC86 #F0F4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#D9E451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.17

#D9E451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E451

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E451	1.00	1.38	15.17	15.17
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 228, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.167 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ec89',
    500: '#d9e451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e451;
$custom-light: #e8ec89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.49,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88385,
    "c": 0.16673,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E451

secondary

#3D35A4

accent

#10D51F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E451

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

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