#D9E957#D9E957

#D9E957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.168 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E957
RGB	rgb(217, 233, 87)
HSL	hsl(67, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(67, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.79, -24.01, 66.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.79, 70.96, 109.78°)
OKLab	oklab(89.51% -0.0714 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(89.51% 0.168 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.4759, 73.7186, 20.1110)
Luminance	0.7372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E957 #6757E9

analogous

#E9B057 #D9E957 #90E957

triadic

#D9E957 #57D9E9 #E957D9

tetradic

#D9E957 #57E9B0 #6757E9 #E95790

square

#D9E957 #57E9B0 #6757E9 #E95790

split-complementary

#D9E957 #5790E9 #B057E9

monochromatic

#9EAF17 #CDE221 #D9E957 #E5F08D #F1F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#D9E957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.74

#D9E957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E957

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E957	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)

#F9DE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 233, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.168 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ef8d',
    500: '#d9e957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e957;
$custom-light: #e8ef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.575,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89509,
    "c": 0.16783,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E957

secondary

#4235AF

accent

#0CD923

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E957

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

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