#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
RGB	rgb(217, 230, 90)
HSL	hsl(66, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(66, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 60.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.01, -22.38, 64.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.01, 68.48, 109.07°)
OKLab	oklab(88.89% -0.0665 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(88.89% 0.162 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.7589, 72.0845, 20.4892)
Luminance	0.7208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

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
##D9E65A	1.00	1.36	15.42	15.42
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #D9E65A

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

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