#D9E955#D9E955

#D9E955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.169 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E955
RGB	rgb(217, 233, 85)
HSL	hsl(66, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(66, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.77, -24.14, 67.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.77, 71.74, 109.66°)
OKLab	oklab(89.49% -0.0719 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(89.49% 0.169 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.3953, 73.6864, 19.6866)
Luminance	0.7369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E955 #6555E9

analogous

#E9AF55 #D9E955 #8FE955

triadic

#D9E955 #55D9E9 #E955D9

tetradic

#D9E955 #55E9AF #6555E9 #E9558F

square

#D9E955 #55E9AF #6555E9 #E9558F

split-complementary

#D9E955 #558FE9 #AF55E9

monochromatic

#9DAD16 #CDE21F #D9E955 #E5F08B #F1F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#D9E955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.74

#D9E955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E955

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E955	1.00	1.33	15.74	15.74
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 233, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.169 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ef8c',
    500: '#d9e955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e955;
$custom-light: #e8ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.486,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89491,
    "c": 0.1693,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E955

secondary

#4134AE

accent

#0CD922

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E955

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

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