#D9EC57#D9EC57

#D9EC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.171 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9EC57
RGB	rgb(217, 236, 87)
HSL	hsl(68, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(68, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 0%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.59, -25.44, 67.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.59, 72.25, 110.62°)
OKLab	oklab(90.15% -0.0754 0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(90.15% 0.171 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.3323, 75.4315, 20.3964)
Luminance	0.7543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9EC57 #6A57EC

analogous

#ECB457 #D9EC57 #8EEC57

triadic

#D9EC57 #57D9EC #EC57D9

tetradic

#D9EC57 #57ECB4 #6A57EC #EC578E

square

#D9EC57 #57ECB4 #6A57EC #EC578E

split-complementary

#D9EC57 #578EEC #B457EC

monochromatic

#A0B414 #CDE620 #D9EC57 #E5F28E #F2F8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#D9EC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.09

#D9EC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9EC57

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9EC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9EC57	1.00	1.31	16.09	16.09
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ec57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 236, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.171 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f28d',
    500: '#d9ec57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ec57;
$custom-light: #e8f28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ec57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.651,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90154,
    "c": 0.17118,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9EC57

secondary

#4433B4

accent

#0ADC24

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9EC57

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

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