#D9E55E#D9E55E

#D9E55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.158 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E55E
RGB	rgb(217, 229, 94)
HSL	hsl(65, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.78, -21.62, 62.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.78, 66.41, 109.00°)
OKLab	oklab(88.72% -0.064 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(88.72% 0.158 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.6563, 71.5995, 21.3177)
Luminance	0.7160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E55E #6A5EE5

analogous

#E5AD5E #D9E55E #95E55E

triadic

#D9E55E #5ED9E5 #E55ED9

tetradic

#D9E55E #5EE5AD #6A5EE5 #E55E95

square

#D9E55E #5EE5AD #6A5EE5 #E55E95

split-complementary

#D9E55E #5E95E5 #AD5EE5

monochromatic

#A0AD1C #CDDC29 #D9E55E #E5EE93 #F2F6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#D9E55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.32

#D9E55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E55E

15.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E55E	1.00	1.37	15.32	15.32
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 229, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.158 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7ed91',
    500: '#d9e55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e55e;
$custom-light: #e7ed91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.333,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88715,
    "c": 0.1579,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E55E

secondary

#4439AE

accent

#11D423

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E55E

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

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