#D9E556#D9E556

#D9E556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.164 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E556
RGB	rgb(217, 229, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(65, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.71, -22.16, 66.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.71, 69.65, 108.55°)
OKLab	oklab(88.64% -0.0663 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(88.64% 0.164 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.3158, 71.4633, 19.5241)
Luminance	0.7146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E556 #6256E5

analogous

#E5AA56 #D9E556 #92E556

triadic

#D9E556 #56D9E5 #E556D9

tetradic

#D9E556 #56E5AA #6256E5 #E55692

square

#D9E556 #56E5AA #6256E5 #E55692

split-complementary

#D9E556 #5692E5 #AA56E5

monochromatic

#9BA71A #CCDC22 #D9E556 #E5ED8B #F1F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#D9E556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.29

#D9E556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E556

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E556	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)

#F5DB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 229, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.164 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ed8c',
    500: '#d9e556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e556;
$custom-light: #e8ed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.035,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88641,
    "c": 0.16416,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E556

secondary

#4036A9

accent

#10D521

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E556

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

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