#D9E559#D9E559

#D9E559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.162 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E559
RGB	rgb(217, 229, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.73, -21.96, 64.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.73, 68.45, 108.71°)
OKLab	oklab(88.67% -0.0654 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(88.67% 0.162 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.4392, 71.5127, 20.1741)
Luminance	0.7151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E559 #6559E5

analogous

#E5AB59 #D9E559 #93E559

triadic

#D9E559 #59D9E5 #E559D9

tetradic

#D9E559 #59E5AB #6559E5 #E55993

square

#D9E559 #59E5AB #6559E5 #E55993

split-complementary

#D9E559 #5993E5 #AB59E5

monochromatic

#9DA91A #CDDD24 #D9E559 #E5ED8E #F1F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#D9E559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.30

#D9E559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E559

15.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E559	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)

#F5DB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 229, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.162 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ed8e',
    500: '#d9e559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e559;
$custom-light: #e8ed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.143,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88668,
    "c": 0.16187,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E559

secondary

#4137AB

accent

#10D521

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E559

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

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