#D9E461#D9E461

#D9E461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.154 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E461
RGB	rgb(217, 228, 97)
HSL	hsl(65, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(65, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.53, -20.91, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.53, 64.71, 108.86°)
OKLab	oklab(88.53% -0.0617 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(88.53% 0.154 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.5177, 71.1026, 21.9485)
Luminance	0.7110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E461 #6C61E4

analogous

#E4AD61 #D9E461 #97E461

triadic

#D9E461 #61D9E4 #E461D9

tetradic

#D9E461 #61E4AD #6C61E4 #E46197

square

#D9E461 #61E4AD #6C61E4 #E46197

split-complementary

#D9E461 #6197E4 #AD61E4

monochromatic

#A1AD1E #CCDB2D #D9E461 #E6ED95 #F2F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#D9E461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.22

#D9E461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E461

15.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E461	1.00	1.38	15.22	15.22
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 228, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.154 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7ec92',
    500: '#d9e461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e461;
$custom-light: #e7ec92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.038,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88531,
    "c": 0.1543,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E461

secondary

#453BAE

accent

#13D323

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E461

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

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