#D9E657#D9E657

#D9E657 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 15.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E657
RGB	rgb(217, 230, 87)
HSL	hsl(65, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(65, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.99, -22.57, 65.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.99, 69.68, 108.90°)
OKLab	oklab(88.86% -0.0673 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(88.86% 0.165 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.6338, 72.0345, 19.8303)
Luminance	0.7203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E657 #6457E6

analogous

#E6AC57 #D9E657 #91E657

triadic

#D9E657 #57D9E6 #E657D9

tetradic

#D9E657 #57E6AC #6457E6 #E65791

square

#D9E657 #57E6AC #6457E6 #E65791

split-complementary

#D9E657 #5791E6 #AC57E6

monochromatic

#9CA919 #CDDE22 #D9E657 #E5EE8C #F1F6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#D9E657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.41

#D9E657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E657

15.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E657	1.00	1.36	15.41	15.41
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 230, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.165 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ed8d',
    500: '#d9e657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e657;
$custom-light: #e8ed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88864,
    "c": 0.1645,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E657

secondary

#4136AB

accent

#0FD621

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E657

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

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