#D9E596#D9E596

#D9E596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.102 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E596
RGB	rgb(217, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(69, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(69, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 34.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.44, -16.23, 37.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.44, 40.62, 113.55°)
OKLab	oklab(89.47% -0.044 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(89.47% 0.102 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.1397, 72.9929, 39.6637)
Luminance	0.7299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E596 #A296E5

analogous

#E5CA96 #D9E596 #B2E596

triadic

#D9E596 #96D9E5 #E596D9

tetradic

#D9E596 #96E5CA #A296E5 #E596B2

square

#D9E596 #96E5CA #A296E5 #E596B2

split-complementary

#D9E596 #96B2E5 #CA96E5

monochromatic

#B5CD34 #C7D965 #D9E596 #EBF1C7 #F6F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#D9E596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.60

#D9E596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E596

15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E596	1.00	1.35	15.60	15.60
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DD90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1DDD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.102 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5edb5',
    500: '#d9e596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e596;
$custom-light: #e5edb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.114,
    "s": 60.305,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89466,
    "c": 0.10196,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E596

secondary

#6F61BF

accent

#1EC837

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E596

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →