#D9E551#D9E551

#D9E551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.168 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E551
RGB	rgb(217, 229, 81)
HSL	hsl(65, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(65, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.67, -22.47, 67.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.67, 71.59, 108.29°)
OKLab	oklab(88.6% -0.0676 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(88.6% 0.168 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.1213, 71.3855, 18.5000)
Luminance	0.7138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E551 #5D51E5

analogous

#E5A751 #D9E551 #8FE551

triadic

#D9E551 #51D9E5 #E551D9

tetradic

#D9E551 #51E5A7 #5D51E5 #E5518F

square

#D9E551 #51E5A7 #5D51E5 #E5518F

split-complementary

#D9E551 #518FE5 #A751E5

monochromatic

#98A318 #CAD820 #D9E551 #E5ED86 #F0F5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#D9E551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.28

#D9E551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E551

15.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E551	1.00	1.37	15.28	15.28
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 229, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.168 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ed89',
    500: '#d9e551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e551;
$custom-light: #e8ed89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.865,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88599,
    "c": 0.16781,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E551

secondary

#3E35A6

accent

#0FD61F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E551

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

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