#D9E65C#D9E65C

#D9E65C 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	#D9E65C
RGB	rgb(217, 230, 92)
HSL	hsl(66, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(66, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 60%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.03, -22.24, 63.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.03, 67.66, 109.19°)
OKLab	oklab(88.91% -0.0659 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(88.91% 0.161 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.8452, 72.1191, 20.9436)
Luminance	0.7212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E65C #695CE6

analogous

#E6AE5C #D9E65C #94E65C

triadic

#D9E65C #5CD9E6 #E65CD9

tetradic

#D9E65C #5CE6AE #695CE6 #E65C94

square

#D9E65C #5CE6AE #695CE6 #E65C94

split-complementary

#D9E65C #5C94E6 #AE5CE6

monochromatic

#9FAD1B #CDDE27 #D9E65C #E5EE91 #F2F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#D9E65C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#D9E65C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E65C

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E65C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E65C	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)

#F5DC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e65c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 230, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.161 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ed90',
    500: '#d9e65c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e65c;
$custom-light: #e8ed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e65c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.652,
    "s": 73.404,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8891,
    "c": 0.16063,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E65C

secondary

#4338AE

accent

#10D623

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E65C

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

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