#D9E457#D9E457

#D9E457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.162 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E457
RGB	rgb(217, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(65, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(65, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.45, -21.61, 65.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.45, 68.83, 108.30°)
OKLab	oklab(88.44% -0.0646 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(88.44% 0.162 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.0804, 70.9278, 19.6458)
Luminance	0.7093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E457 #6257E4

analogous

#E4A957 #D9E457 #93E457

triadic

#D9E457 #57D9E4 #E457D9

tetradic

#D9E457 #57E4A9 #6257E4 #E45793

square

#D9E457 #57E4A9 #6257E4 #E45793

split-complementary

#D9E457 #5793E4 #A957E4

monochromatic

#9BA61B #CCDB23 #D9E457 #E5EC8C #F1F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#D9E457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.19

#D9E457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E457

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E457	1.00	1.38	15.19	15.19
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.162 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ec8c',
    500: '#d9e457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e457;
$custom-light: #e8ec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.681,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88436,
    "c": 0.16231,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E457

secondary

#4037A8

accent

#11D420

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E457

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

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