#D9E960#D9E960

#D9E960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.161 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E960
RGB	rgb(217, 233, 96)
HSL	hsl(67, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(67, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.86, -23.40, 63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.86, 67.33, 110.33°)
OKLab	oklab(89.59% -0.0688 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(89.59% 0.161 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.8667, 73.8749, 22.1696)
Luminance	0.7387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E960 #7060E9

analogous

#E9B460 #D9E960 #95E960

triadic

#D9E960 #60D9E9 #E960D9

tetradic

#D9E960 #60E9B4 #7060E9 #E96095

square

#D9E960 #60E9B4 #7060E9 #E96095

split-complementary

#D9E960 #6095E9 #B460E9

monochromatic

#A3B519 #CCE22A #D9E960 #E6F096 #F3F8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#D9E960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#D9E960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E960

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E960	1.00	1.33	15.77	15.77
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 233, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.161 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7f092',
    500: '#d9e960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e960;
$custom-light: #e7f092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.007,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89592,
    "c": 0.16081,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E960

secondary

#4638B5

accent

#0ED825

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E960

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

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