#D9E759#D9E759

#D9E759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.164 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E759
RGB	rgb(217, 231, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(66, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.27, -22.92, 65.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.27, 69.31, 109.31°)
OKLab	oklab(89.1% -0.0681 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(89.1% 0.164 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.9957, 72.6258, 20.3596)
Luminance	0.7262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E759 #6759E7

analogous

#E7AE59 #D9E759 #92E759

triadic

#D9E759 #59D9E7 #E759D9

tetradic

#D9E759 #59E7AE #6759E7 #E75992

square

#D9E759 #59E7AE #6759E7 #E75992

split-complementary

#D9E759 #5992E7 #AE59E7

monochromatic

#9EAD19 #CDDF24 #D9E759 #E5EF8E #F1F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#D9E759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#D9E759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E759

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E759	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)

#F7DC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 231, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.164 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ee8e',
    500: '#d9e759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e759;
$custom-light: #e8ee8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.915,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89097,
    "c": 0.16408,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E759

secondary

#4236AE

accent

#0FD722

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E759

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

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