#D9E561#D9E561

#D9E561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.155 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E561
RGB	rgb(217, 229, 97)
HSL	hsl(65, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(65, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.80, -21.40, 61.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.80, 65.15, 109.17°)
OKLab	oklab(88.74% -0.063 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(88.74% 0.155 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.7935, 71.6544, 22.0405)
Luminance	0.7165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E561 #6D61E5

analogous

#E5AF61 #D9E561 #97E561

triadic

#D9E561 #61D9E5 #E561D9

tetradic

#D9E561 #61E5AF #6D61E5 #E56197

square

#D9E561 #61E5AF #6D61E5 #E56197

split-complementary

#D9E561 #6197E5 #AF61E5

monochromatic

#A2AF1D #CCDC2C #D9E561 #E6EE96 #F2F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#D9E561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.33

#D9E561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E561

15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E561	1.00	1.37	15.33	15.33
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 229, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.155 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7ed93',
    500: '#d9e561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e561;
$custom-light: #e7ed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88745,
    "c": 0.15543,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E561

secondary

#453AB0

accent

#12D423

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E561

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

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