#D9E855#D9E855

#D9E855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.168 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E855
RGB	rgb(217, 232, 85)
HSL	hsl(66, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(66, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.51, -23.66, 67.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.51, 71.31, 109.38°)
OKLab	oklab(89.28% -0.0706 0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(89.28% 0.168 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.1130, 73.1218, 19.5925)
Luminance	0.7312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E855 #6455E8

analogous

#E8AD55 #D9E855 #90E855

triadic

#D9E855 #55D9E8 #E855D9

tetradic

#D9E855 #55E8AD #6455E8 #E85590

square

#D9E855 #55E8AD #6455E8 #E85590

split-complementary

#D9E855 #5590E8 #AD55E8

monochromatic

#9CAB17 #CDE11F #D9E855 #E5EF8B #F1F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#D9E855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.62

#D9E855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E855

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E855	1.00	1.34	15.62	15.62
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 232, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.168 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ef8c',
    500: '#d9e855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e855;
$custom-light: #e8ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.122,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89276,
    "c": 0.16819,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E855

secondary

#4135AD

accent

#0DD822

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E855

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

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