#D9E555#D9E555

#D9E555 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.165 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E555
RGB	rgb(217, 229, 85)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.70, -22.22, 66.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.70, 70.04, 108.50°)
OKLab	oklab(88.63% -0.0666 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(88.63% 0.165 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.2757, 71.4473, 19.3134)
Luminance	0.7145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E555 #6155E5

analogous

#E5A955 #D9E555 #91E555

triadic

#D9E555 #55D9E5 #E555D9

tetradic

#D9E555 #55E5A9 #6155E5 #E55591

square

#D9E555 #55E5A9 #6155E5 #E55591

split-complementary

#D9E555 #5591E5 #A955E5

monochromatic

#9AA619 #CCDB22 #D9E555 #E5ED8A #F1F5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#D9E555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.29

#D9E555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E555

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E555	1.00	1.37	15.29	15.29
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 229, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.165 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ed8b',
    500: '#d9e555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e555;
$custom-light: #e8ed8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88633,
    "c": 0.1649,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E555

secondary

#3F36A8

accent

#10D620

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E555

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

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