#D9E65A#D9E65A

#D9E65A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.162 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#D9E65A
RGBrgb(217, 230, 90)
HSLhsl(66, 74%, 63%)
HSVhsv(66, 61%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(5.7%, 0%, 60.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(88.01, -22.38, 64.72)
CIE-LCHlch(88.01, 68.48, 109.07°)
OKLaboklab(88.89% -0.0665 0.148)
OKLCHoklch(88.89% 0.162 114.2)
XYZxyz(58.7589, 72.0845, 20.4892)
Luminance0.7208 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#D9E65A #675AE6
analogous
#E6AD5A #D9E65A #93E65A
triadic
#D9E65A #5AD9E6 #E65AD9
tetradic
#D9E65A #5AE6AD #675AE6 #E65A93
square
#D9E65A #5AE6AD #675AE6 #E65A93
split-complementary
#D9E65A #5A93E6 #AD5AE6
monochromatic
#9EAC1A #CDDE25 #D9E65A #E5EE8F #F1F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36
#D9E65A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42
#D9E65A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E65A
15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##D9E65A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##D9E65A1.001.3615.4215.42
#FFFFFF1.361.0021.0021.00
#00000015.4221.001.001.00
##00000015.4221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F6DB49
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F5DE63
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E6D9C9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #d9e65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 230, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.162 114.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ed8e',
    500: '#d9e65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #d9e65a;
$custom-light: #e8ed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#d9e65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.571,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88891,
    "c": 0.1622,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#D9E65A
secondary
#4237AD
accent
#10D622
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFDF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#16160D
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

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#D9E65A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva