#D9ED56#D9ED56

#D9ED56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.173 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9ED56
RGB	rgb(217, 237, 86)
HSL	hsl(68, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(68, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.86, -25.98, 68.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.86, 73.07, 110.83°)
OKLab	oklab(90.36% -0.077 0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(90.36% 0.173 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.5805, 75.9928, 20.2790)
Luminance	0.7599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9ED56 #6A56ED

analogous

#EDB556 #D9ED56 #8DED56

triadic

#D9ED56 #56D9ED #ED56D9

tetradic

#D9ED56 #56EDB5 #6A56ED #ED568D

square

#D9ED56 #56EDB5 #6A56ED #ED568D

split-complementary

#D9ED56 #568DED #B556ED

monochromatic

#A0B513 #CDE71F #D9ED56 #E5F38D #F2F9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#D9ED56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#D9ED56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9ED56

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9ED56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9ED56	1.00	1.30	16.20	16.20
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6E0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ed56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 237, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.173 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f28d',
    500: '#d9ed56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ed56;
$custom-light: #e8f28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ed56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.947,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90361,
    "c": 0.17303,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9ED56

secondary

#4432B5

accent

#08DD25

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9ED56

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

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