#D9E962#D9E962

#D9E962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.159 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E962
RGB	rgb(217, 233, 98)
HSL	hsl(67, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(67, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.88, -23.25, 62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.88, 66.50, 110.46°)
OKLab	oklab(89.61% -0.0682 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(89.61% 0.159 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.9600, 73.9122, 22.6607)
Luminance	0.7391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E962 #7262E9

analogous

#E9B562 #D9E962 #96E962

triadic

#D9E962 #62D9E9 #E962D9

tetradic

#D9E962 #62E9B5 #7262E9 #E96296

square

#D9E962 #62E9B5 #7262E9 #E96296

split-complementary

#D9E962 #6296E9 #B562E9

monochromatic

#A4B71A #CCE12C #D9E962 #E6F198 #F3F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#D9E962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#D9E962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E962

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E962	1.00	1.33	15.78	15.78
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E06A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5DDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 233, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.159 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7f093',
    500: '#d9e962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e962;
$custom-light: #e7f093;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.111,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89611,
    "c": 0.15916,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E962

secondary

#4738B7

accent

#0ED826

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E962

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

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