#D9E45B#D9E45B

#D9E45B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.159 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E45B
RGB	rgb(217, 228, 91)
HSL	hsl(65, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 60.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.48, -21.34, 63.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.48, 67.21, 108.51°)
OKLab	oklab(88.47% -0.0635 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(88.47% 0.159 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.2484, 70.9949, 20.5305)
Luminance	0.7099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E45B #665BE4

analogous

#E4AB5B #D9E45B #94E45B

triadic

#D9E45B #5BD9E4 #E45BD9

tetradic

#D9E45B #5BE4AB #665BE4 #E45B94

square

#D9E45B #5BE4AB #665BE4 #E45B94

split-complementary

#D9E45B #5B94E4 #AB5BE4

monochromatic

#9DA91C #CDDB26 #D9E45B #E5ED90 #F1F5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#D9E45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.20

#D9E45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E45B

15.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E45B	1.00	1.38	15.20	15.20
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 228, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.159 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ec8f',
    500: '#d9e45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e45b;
$custom-light: #e8ec8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.818,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88472,
    "c": 0.1592,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E45B

secondary

#4239AB

accent

#12D421

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E45B

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

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