#D9EE59#D9EE59

#D9EE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.172 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9EE59
RGB	rgb(217, 238, 89)
HSL	hsl(68, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(68, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.15, -26.26, 67.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.15, 72.35, 111.28°)
OKLab	oklab(90.6% -0.0775 0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(90.6% 0.172 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.9942, 76.6228, 21.0258)
Luminance	0.7662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9EE59 #6E59EE

analogous

#EEB859 #D9EE59 #8FEE59

triadic

#D9EE59 #59D9EE #EE59D9

tetradic

#D9EE59 #59EEB8 #6E59EE #EE598F

square

#D9EE59 #59EEB8 #6E59EE #EE598F

split-complementary

#D9EE59 #598FEE #B859EE

monochromatic

#A2BA13 #CCE821 #D9EE59 #E6F491 #F2F9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#D9EE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.32

#D9EE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9EE59

16.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9EE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9EE59	1.00	1.29	16.32	16.32
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6E1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ee59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 238, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.172 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f38e',
    500: '#d9ee59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ee59;
$custom-light: #e8f38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ee59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.456,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90603,
    "c": 0.17195,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9EE59

secondary

#4533B9

accent

#08DE26

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9EE59

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

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