#D9E660#D9E660
#D9E660 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.157 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #D9E660 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(217, 230, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(66, 73%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(66, 58%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 58.3%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(88.06, -21.95, 62.25) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(88.06, 66.01, 109.43°) |
| OKLab | oklab(88.95% -0.0647 0.1435) |
| OKLCH | oklch(88.95% 0.157 114.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.0247, 72.1909, 21.8889) |
| Luminance | 0.7219 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 4.23
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 6.02
Yellowish Tan
#FCFC81
ΔE00 6.03
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 6.05
Faded Yellow
#FEFF7F
ΔE00 6.35
Pear
#CBF85F
ΔE00 6.36
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#D9E660 #6D60E6
analogous
#E6B060 #D9E660 #96E660
triadic
#D9E660 #60D9E6 #E660D9
tetradic
#D9E660 #60E6B0 #6D60E6 #E66096
square
#D9E660 #60E6B0 #6D60E6 #E66096
split-complementary
#D9E660 #6096E6 #B060E6
monochromatic
#A2B01C #CCDE2B #D9E660 #E6EE95 #F2F7CA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.36
#D9E660 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.44
#D9E660 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #D9E660
15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##D9E660 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##D9E660 | 1.00 | 1.36 | 15.44 | 15.44 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.36 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F5DC51
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F5DE68
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E6DAC9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DDDDDD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #d9e660; /* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 230, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.157 114.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#e7ed92',
500: '#d9e660',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #d9e660; $custom-light: #e7ed92; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#d9e660",
"rgb": {
"r": 217,
"g": 230,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 65.821,
"s": 72.826,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.88949,
"c": 0.15739,
"h": 114.3
},
"luminance": 0.7219
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#D9E660
secondary
#4539B1
accent
#11D524
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFDF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#16160D
muted
#85847F