#D9E459#D9E459

#D9E459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.161 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E459
RGB	rgb(217, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.47, -21.48, 64.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.47, 68.02, 108.41°)
OKLab	oklab(88.45% -0.0641 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(88.45% 0.161 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.1633, 70.9609, 20.0821)
Luminance	0.7096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E459 #6459E4

analogous

#E4A959 #D9E459 #94E459

triadic

#D9E459 #59D9E4 #E459D9

tetradic

#D9E459 #59E4A9 #6459E4 #E45994

square

#D9E459 #59E4A9 #6459E4 #E45994

split-complementary

#D9E459 #5994E4 #A959E4

monochromatic

#9CA71B #CDDB24 #D9E459 #E5ED8E #F1F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#D9E459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.19

#D9E459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E459

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E459	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)

#F4DA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.161 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ec8e',
    500: '#d9e459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e459;
$custom-light: #e8ec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.748,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88454,
    "c": 0.16077,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E459

secondary

#4138A9

accent

#11D421

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E459

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

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