#D9E456#D9E456

#D9E456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.163 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E456
RGB	rgb(217, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(65, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.44, -21.68, 65.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.44, 69.23, 108.25°)
OKLab	oklab(88.43% -0.0649 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(88.43% 0.163 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.0399, 70.9115, 19.4321)
Luminance	0.7091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E456 #6156E4

analogous

#E4A856 #D9E456 #92E456

triadic

#D9E456 #56D9E4 #E456D9

tetradic

#D9E456 #56E4A8 #6156E4 #E45692

square

#D9E456 #56E4A8 #6156E4 #E45692

split-complementary

#D9E456 #5692E4 #A856E4

monochromatic

#9AA51A #CCDA23 #D9E456 #E5EC8B #F1F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#D9E456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#D9E456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E456

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E456	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)

#F4DA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.163 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ec8c',
    500: '#d9e456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e456;
$custom-light: #e8ec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.648,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88427,
    "c": 0.16306,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E456

secondary

#3F37A7

accent

#11D520

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E456

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

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