#D5FA21

sRGB: 213 / 250 / 33

#D5FA21 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 213 red, 250 green and 33 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 70.2° lands in the yellow region. Its 95.6% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 55.5% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (17.53:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 213, 250, 33
HSL: 70.23°, 95.59%, 55.49%
HSV / HSB: 70.23°, 86.80%, 98.04%
CMYK (approx.): 14.80%, 0.00%, 86.80%, 1.96%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 61.899, 82.627, 14.127
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 92.851, -35.787, 86.432
WCAG relative luminance: 0.82627
24-bit decimal: 14023201

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #D5FA21 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 17.53:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.20:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#4621FA sits half a turn (180°) from #D5FA21 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#D5FA21 #4621FA

Analogous

#FAB321 and #69FA21 sit 30° to either side of #D5FA21. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#FAB321 #D5FA21 #69FA21

Triadic

#D5FA21, #21D5FA and #FA21D5 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#D5FA21 #21D5FA #FA21D5

Split complementary

Start at #D5FA21 and look across the wheel. #2168FA and #B321FA sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#D5FA21 #2168FA #B321FA

Square

Starting with #D5FA21, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #21FAB3, #4621FA, then #FA2168. Across the square, #D5FA21 pairs with #4621FA, and #21FAB3 with #FA2168.

#D5FA21 #21FAB3 #4621FA #FA2168

Tetradic

#D5FA21 and #4621FA are opposites, as are #21FA46 and #FA21D5. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#D5FA21 #21FA46 #4621FA #FA21D5

Tints

Mixing #D5FA21 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #DDFB4D, keeps 80% of the original. By #F7FED3, the mixture is 80% white.

#D5FA21 #DDFB4D #E6FC7A #EEFDA6 #F7FED3 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #D5FA21 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AAC81A, keeps 80% of the original. By #2B3207, the mixture is 80% black.

#D5FA21 #AAC81A #809614 #55640D #2B3207 #000000

Tones

Mixing #D5FA21 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C4E234, keeps 80% of the original. By #91986D, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#D5FA21 #C4E234 #B3C947 #A2B15A #91986D #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#D5FA21

RGB

rgb(213 250 33)

HSL

hsl(70.230 95.595% 55.490%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #D5FA21;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#D5FA21 uses 213 red, 250 green and 33 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 83.5%

Green 98.0%

Blue 12.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #D5FA21 is 14.8% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 86.8% yellow and 2.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 14.8%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 86.8%

Black 2.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDFF22. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DF2 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #D5FA21 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCFF33, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DDFF22 Nearest web-safe: #CCFF33

Gradient to complement

#D5FA21 #BDD645 #A5B269 #8E8E8E #7669B2 #5E45D6 #4621FA

Color vision previews

Compare how #D5FA21 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#FFEB00

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#FFEB3E

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#E2ECD5

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#FAF000

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#F8F034

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#DAF58A

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#EAEAEA

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#E0F2AE

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.66539 G 0.95597 B 0.01521

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.86343 G 0.97603 B 0.33964

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.71698 G 0.94633 B 0.09442

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.390 y 0.521 Y 82.627

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 16.471 M % 1.961 Y % 87.059

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11010101 11111010 00100001