#D9E557#D9E557

#D9E557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.163 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E557
RGB	rgb(217, 229, 87)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(65, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.72, -22.09, 65.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.72, 69.25, 108.60°)
OKLab	oklab(88.65% -0.066 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(88.65% 0.163 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.3563, 71.4795, 19.7378)
Luminance	0.7148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E557 #6357E5

analogous

#E5AA57 #D9E557 #92E557

triadic

#D9E557 #57D9E5 #E557D9

tetradic

#D9E557 #57E5AA #6357E5 #E55792

square

#D9E557 #57E5AA #6357E5 #E55792

split-complementary

#D9E557 #5792E5 #AA57E5

monochromatic

#9CA81A #CDDD22 #D9E557 #E5ED8C #F1F5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#D9E557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.30

#D9E557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E557

15.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E557	1.00	1.37	15.30	15.30
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 229, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.163 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ed8d',
    500: '#d9e557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e557;
$custom-light: #e8ed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.07,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8865,
    "c": 0.1634,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E557

secondary

#4037AA

accent

#10D521

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E557

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

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