#D9EC55#D9EC55

#D9EC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.173 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9EC55
RGB	rgb(217, 236, 85)
HSL	hsl(68, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(68, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 0%, 64%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.58, -25.57, 68.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.58, 73.02, 110.50°)
OKLab	oklab(90.14% -0.0759 0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(90.14% 0.173 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.2518, 75.3993, 19.9721)
Luminance	0.7540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9EC55 #6855EC

analogous

#ECB455 #D9EC55 #8DEC55

triadic

#D9EC55 #55D9EC #EC55D9

tetradic

#D9EC55 #55ECB4 #6855EC #EC558D

square

#D9EC55 #55ECB4 #6855EC #EC558D

split-complementary

#D9EC55 #558DEC #B455EC

monochromatic

#9FB314 #CDE61E #D9EC55 #E5F28C #F2F8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#D9EC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.08

#D9EC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9EC55

16.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9EC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9EC55	1.00	1.31	16.08	16.08
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ec55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 236, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.173 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f28c',
    500: '#d9ec55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ec55;
$custom-light: #e8f28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ec55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.55,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90137,
    "c": 0.17263,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9EC55

secondary

#4333B3

accent

#09DC24

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9EC55

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

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