#D9E950#D9E950

#D9E950 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.173 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E950
RGB	rgb(217, 233, 80)
HSL	hsl(66, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(66, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.74, -24.44, 69.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.74, 73.63, 109.39°)
OKLab	oklab(89.45% -0.0733 0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(89.45% 0.173 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.2036, 73.6097, 18.6772)
Luminance	0.7361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E950 #6050E9

analogous

#E9AD50 #D9E950 #8DE950

triadic

#D9E950 #50D9E9 #E950D9

tetradic

#D9E950 #50E9AD #6050E9 #E9508D

square

#D9E950 #50E9AD #6050E9 #E9508D

split-complementary

#D9E950 #508DE9 #AD50E9

monochromatic

#9AA915 #CBE01C #D9E950 #E5F086 #F1F7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#D9E950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#D9E950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E950

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E950	1.00	1.34	15.72	15.72
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 233, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.173 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ef89',
    500: '#d9e950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e950;
$custom-light: #e8ef89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.275,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89451,
    "c": 0.17284,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E950

secondary

#3F32AB

accent

#0CDA21

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E950

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

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