#D9E659#D9E659

#D9E659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.163 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E659
RGB	rgb(217, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(66, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.00, -22.44, 65.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.00, 68.88, 109.02°)
OKLab	oklab(88.88% -0.0668 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(88.88% 0.163 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.7167, 72.0676, 20.2666)
Luminance	0.7207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E659 #6659E6

analogous

#E6AD59 #D9E659 #92E659

triadic

#D9E659 #59D9E6 #E659D9

tetradic

#D9E659 #59E6AD #6659E6 #E65992

square

#D9E659 #59E6AD #6659E6 #E65992

split-complementary

#D9E659 #5992E6 #AD59E6

monochromatic

#9DAB1A #CDDE24 #D9E659 #E5EE8E #F1F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#D9E659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.41

#D9E659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E659

15.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E659	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)

#F6DB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.163 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ed8e',
    500: '#d9e659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e659;
$custom-light: #e8ed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.532,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88882,
    "c": 0.16298,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E659

secondary

#4237AC

accent

#10D622

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E659

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

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