#D9E55B#D9E55B

#D9E55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.160 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E55B
RGB	rgb(217, 229, 91)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.75, -21.83, 64.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.75, 67.64, 108.82°)
OKLab	oklab(88.69% -0.0648 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(88.69% 0.16 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.5243, 71.5467, 20.6224)
Luminance	0.7155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E55B #675BE5

analogous

#E5AC5B #D9E55B #94E55B

triadic

#D9E55B #5BD9E5 #E55BD9

tetradic

#D9E55B #5BE5AC #675BE5 #E55B94

square

#D9E55B #5BE5AC #675BE5 #E55B94

split-complementary

#D9E55B #5B94E5 #AC5BE5

monochromatic

#9EAB1B #CDDD26 #D9E55B #E5ED90 #F1F6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#D9E55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.31

#D9E55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E55B

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E55B	1.00	1.37	15.31	15.31
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 229, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.160 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ed8f',
    500: '#d9e55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e55b;
$custom-light: #e8ed8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.217,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88686,
    "c": 0.16031,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E55B

secondary

#4238AC

accent

#11D522

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E55B

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

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