#D9EB5E#D9EB5E

#D9EB5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.165 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9EB5E
RGB	rgb(217, 235, 94)
HSL	hsl(68, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(68, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 60%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.38, -24.50, 64.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.38, 69.04, 110.78°)
OKLab	oklab(90% -0.072 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(90% 0.165 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.3452, 74.9773, 21.8806)
Luminance	0.7498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9EB5E #705EEB

analogous

#EBB75E #D9EB5E #92EB5E

triadic

#D9EB5E #5ED9EB #EB5ED9

tetradic

#D9EB5E #5EEBB7 #705EEB #EB5E92

square

#D9EB5E #5EEBB7 #705EEB #EB5E92

split-complementary

#D9EB5E #5E92EB #B75EEB

monochromatic

#A3B817 #CCE428 #D9EB5E #E6F294 #F3F9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#D9EB5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.00

#D9EB5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9EB5E

16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9EB5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9EB5E	1.00	1.31	16.00	16.00
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5DFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9eb5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 235, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.165 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f191',
    500: '#d9eb5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9eb5e;
$custom-light: #e8f191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9eb5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.66,
    "s": 77.901,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90002,
    "c": 0.1647,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9EB5E

secondary

#4636B7

accent

#0BDA26

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9EB5E

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

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