#D9E65B#D9E65B

#D9E65B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.161 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E65B
RGB	rgb(217, 230, 91)
HSL	hsl(66, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(66, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 60.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.02, -22.31, 64.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.02, 68.07, 109.13°)
OKLab	oklab(88.9% -0.0662 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(88.9% 0.161 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.8018, 72.1017, 20.7149)
Luminance	0.7210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E65B #685BE6

analogous

#E6AE5B #D9E65B #93E65B

triadic

#D9E65B #5BD9E6 #E65BD9

tetradic

#D9E65B #5BE6AE #685BE6 #E65B93

square

#D9E65B #5BE6AE #685BE6 #E65B93

split-complementary

#D9E65B #5B93E6 #AE5BE6

monochromatic

#9FAC1A #CDDE26 #D9E65B #E5EE90 #F2F6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#D9E65B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#D9E65B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E65B

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E65B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E65B	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)

#F5DB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e65b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 230, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.161 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ed8f',
    500: '#d9e65b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e65b;
$custom-light: #e8ed8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e65b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.612,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88901,
    "c": 0.16142,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E65B

secondary

#4338AE

accent

#10D622

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E65B

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

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