#D9E455#D9E455

#D9E455 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.164 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E455
RGB	rgb(217, 228, 85)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.43, -21.74, 66.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.43, 69.62, 108.19°)
OKLab	oklab(88.42% -0.0652 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(88.42% 0.164 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.9999, 70.8955, 19.2214)
Luminance	0.7089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E455 #6055E4

analogous

#E4A855 #D9E455 #92E455

triadic

#D9E455 #55D9E4 #E455D9

tetradic

#D9E455 #55E4A8 #6055E4 #E45592

square

#D9E455 #55E4A8 #6055E4 #E45592

split-complementary

#D9E455 #5592E4 #A855E4

monochromatic

#9AA41A #CBD923 #D9E455 #E5EC8A #F1F5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#D9E455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#D9E455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E455

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E455	1.00	1.38	15.18	15.18
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 228, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.164 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ec8b',
    500: '#d9e455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e455;
$custom-light: #e8ec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88418,
    "c": 0.16381,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E455

secondary

#3F36A7

accent

#11D520

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E455

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

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