#D9E661#D9E661

#D9E661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.157 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E661
RGB	rgb(217, 230, 97)
HSL	hsl(66, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(66, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 57.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.07, -21.88, 61.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.07, 65.59, 109.49°)
OKLab	oklab(88.96% -0.0644 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(88.96% 0.157 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.0710, 72.2094, 22.1329)
Luminance	0.7221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E661 #6E61E6

analogous

#E6B161 #D9E661 #97E661

triadic

#D9E661 #61D9E6 #E661D9

tetradic

#D9E661 #61E6B1 #6E61E6 #E66197

square

#D9E661 #61E6B1 #6E61E6 #E66197

split-complementary

#D9E661 #6197E6 #B161E6

monochromatic

#A2B11C #CCDE2C #D9E661 #E6EE96 #F2F7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#D9E661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#D9E661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E661

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E661	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)

#F5DC52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 230, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.157 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7ed93',
    500: '#d9e661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e661;
$custom-light: #e7ed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.865,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88959,
    "c": 0.15656,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E661

secondary

#453AB1

accent

#11D524

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E661

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

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