#D9EC5E#D9EC5E

#D9EC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.166 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9EC5E
RGB	rgb(217, 236, 94)
HSL	hsl(68, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(68, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 0%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.65, -24.97, 64.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.65, 69.48, 111.06°)
OKLab	oklab(90.22% -0.0734 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(90.22% 0.166 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.6323, 75.5515, 21.9763)
Luminance	0.7555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9EC5E #715EEC

analogous

#ECB85E #D9EC5E #92EC5E

triadic

#D9EC5E #5ED9EC #EC5ED9

tetradic

#D9EC5E #5EECB8 #715EEC #EC5E92

square

#D9EC5E #5EECB8 #715EEC #EC5E92

split-complementary

#D9EC5E #5E92EC #B85EEC

monochromatic

#A4BA16 #CCE627 #D9EC5E #E6F295 #F3F9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#D9EC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.11

#D9EC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9EC5E

16.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9EC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9EC5E	1.00	1.30	16.11	16.11
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5E0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ec5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 236, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.166 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f291',
    500: '#d9ec5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ec5e;
$custom-light: #e8f291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ec5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.028,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90217,
    "c": 0.16584,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9EC5E

secondary

#4735B9

accent

#0ADB26

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9EC5E

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

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