#D9E65E#D9E65E

#D9E65E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.159 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E65E
RGB	rgb(217, 230, 94)
HSL	hsl(66, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(66, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 59.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.04, -22.10, 63.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.04, 66.84, 109.31°)
OKLab	oklab(88.93% -0.0653 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(88.93% 0.159 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.9338, 72.1545, 21.4101)
Luminance	0.7215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E65E #6B5EE6

analogous

#E6AF5E #D9E65E #95E65E

triadic

#D9E65E #5ED9E6 #E65ED9

tetradic

#D9E65E #5EE6AF #6B5EE6 #E65E95

square

#D9E65E #5EE6AF #6B5EE6 #E65E95

split-complementary

#D9E65E #5E95E6 #AF5EE6

monochromatic

#A0AF1B #CCDE29 #D9E65E #E6EE93 #F2F6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#D9E65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#D9E65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E65E

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E65E	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)

#F5DC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 230, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.159 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7ed91',
    500: '#d9e65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e65e;
$custom-light: #e7ed91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.735,
    "s": 73.118,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88929,
    "c": 0.15902,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E65E

secondary

#4439B0

accent

#10D523

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E65E

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

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