#D9E656#D9E656

#D9E656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.165 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E656
RGB	rgb(217, 230, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.98, -22.64, 66.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.98, 70.07, 108.85°)
OKLab	oklab(88.86% -0.0676 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(88.86% 0.165 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.5932, 72.0183, 19.6166)
Luminance	0.7202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E656 #6356E6

analogous

#E6AB56 #D9E656 #91E656

triadic

#D9E656 #56D9E6 #E656D9

tetradic

#D9E656 #56E6AB #6356E6 #E65691

square

#D9E656 #56E6AB #6356E6 #E65691

split-complementary

#D9E656 #5691E6 #AB56E6

monochromatic

#9CA919 #CDDE21 #D9E656 #E5EE8B #F1F6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#D9E656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#D9E656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E656

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E656	1.00	1.36	15.40	15.40
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 230, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.165 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ed8c',
    500: '#d9e656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e656;
$custom-light: #e8ed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.417,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88856,
    "c": 0.16525,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E656

secondary

#4036AA

accent

#0FD621

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E656

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

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