#D9E65D#D9E65D

#D9E65D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.160 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E65D
RGB	rgb(217, 230, 93)
HSL	hsl(66, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(66, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 59.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.03, -22.17, 63.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.03, 67.25, 109.25°)
OKLab	oklab(88.92% -0.0656 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(88.92% 0.16 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.8892, 72.1367, 21.1754)
Luminance	0.7214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E65D #6A5DE6

analogous

#E6AE5D #D9E65D #95E65D

triadic

#D9E65D #5DD9E6 #E65DD9

tetradic

#D9E65D #5DE6AE #6A5DE6 #E65D95

square

#D9E65D #5DE6AE #6A5DE6 #E65D95

split-complementary

#D9E65D #5D95E6 #AE5DE6

monochromatic

#A0AE1B #CDDE28 #D9E65D #E5EE92 #F2F6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#D9E65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#D9E65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E65D

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E65D	1.00	1.36	15.43	15.43
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 230, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.160 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7ed90',
    500: '#d9e65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e65d;
$custom-light: #e7ed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.693,
    "s": 73.262,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88919,
    "c": 0.15983,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E65D

secondary

#4438AF

accent

#10D523

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E65D

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

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