#D9E756#D9E756

#D9E756 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.166 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E756
RGB	rgb(217, 231, 86)
HSL	hsl(66, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(66, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.25, -23.12, 66.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.25, 70.50, 109.14°)
OKLab	oklab(89.07% -0.069 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(89.07% 0.166 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.8723, 72.5764, 19.7096)
Luminance	0.7258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E756 #6456E7

analogous

#E7AD56 #D9E756 #91E756

triadic

#D9E756 #56D9E7 #E756D9

tetradic

#D9E756 #56E7AD #6456E7 #E75691

square

#D9E756 #56E7AD #6456E7 #E75691

split-complementary

#D9E756 #5691E7 #AD56E7

monochromatic

#9CAA18 #CDDF20 #D9E756 #E5EF8C #F1F6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#D9E756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#D9E756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E756

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E756	1.00	1.35	15.52	15.52
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 231, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.166 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ee8c',
    500: '#d9e756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e756;
$custom-light: #e8ee8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.793,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8907,
    "c": 0.16636,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E756

secondary

#4135AC

accent

#0ED722

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E756

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

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