#D9E965#D9E965

#D9E965 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.157 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9E965
RGB	rgb(217, 233, 101)
HSL	hsl(67, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(67, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.91, -23.02, 61.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.91, 65.24, 110.67°)
OKLab	oklab(89.64% -0.0672 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(89.64% 0.157 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.1043, 73.9700, 23.4208)
Luminance	0.7397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9E965 #7565E9

analogous

#E9B765 #D9E965 #97E965

triadic

#D9E965 #65D9E9 #E965D9

tetradic

#D9E965 #65E9B7 #7565E9 #E96597

square

#D9E965 #65E9B7 #7565E9 #E96597

split-complementary

#D9E965 #6597E9 #B765E9

monochromatic

#A6B91A #CCE12F #D9E965 #E6F19B #F3F8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#D9E965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#D9E965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9E965

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9E965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9E965	1.00	1.33	15.79	15.79
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E06D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5DDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9e965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 233, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.157 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7f095',
    500: '#d9e965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9e965;
$custom-light: #e7f095;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9e965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.273,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89642,
    "c": 0.15664,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9E965

secondary

#493AB9

accent

#0ED727

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9E965

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

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