#D9E951#D9E951

#D9E951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.172 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E951
RGB	rgb(217, 233, 81)
HSL	hsl(66, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(66, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.74, -24.38, 69.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.74, 73.26, 109.44°)
OKLab	oklab(89.46% -0.073 0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(89.46% 0.172 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.2408, 73.6246, 18.8732)
Luminance	0.7362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E951 #6151E9

analogous

#E9AD51 #D9E951 #8DE951

triadic

#D9E951 #51D9E9 #E951D9

tetradic

#D9E951 #51E9AD #6151E9 #E9518D

square

#D9E951 #51E9AD #6151E9 #E9518D

split-complementary

#D9E951 #518DE9 #AD51E9

monochromatic

#9AAA16 #CCE01C #D9E951 #E5F087 #F1F7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#D9E951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#D9E951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E951

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E951	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)

#F9DE3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 233, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.172 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ef89',
    500: '#d9e951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e951;
$custom-light: #e8ef89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.316,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89459,
    "c": 0.17214,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E951

secondary

#3F33AB

accent

#0CDA21

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E951

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

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