HEX atlas value

#D1E231

#D1E231 is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Pear. RGB 209, 226, 49, HSL 66° 75% 54%, luminance 0.6817; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm vibrant

#D1E231 Sample readable text

HEX #D1E231

RGB rgb(209, 226, 49)

HSL hsl(66 75% 54%)

CMYK cmyk(8, 0, 78, 11)

Luminance 0.6817

Contrast Black 14.63:1White 1.44:1

CSS

--color-d1e231: #D1E231;
.background-d1e231 { background-color: #D1E231; }
.text-d1e231 { color: #D1E231; }

HEX meaning and use

About #D1E231

#D1E231 is classified as a warm yellow value with vibrant visual character. #D1E231 is visually closest to Pear, a named yellow color with HEX #D1E231.

The RGB channels are 209, 226, and 49, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 66deg with 75% saturation and 54% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.6817, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text14.63:1AA Pass

White text1.44:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #D1E231 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000014.63:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.44:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#E5FB18#E5FB18 · #000000 text · best 18.14:1 #E2ED82#E2ED82 · #000000 text · best 16.67:1 Dandelion#F0E130 · #000000 text · best 15.52:1 Saffron#F4C430 · #000000 text · best 12.79:1 #78E232#78E232 · #000000 text · best 12.72:1

Generated Palette

Pear#D1E231

#4332E2#4332E2

#E29B32#E29B32

#78E232#78E232

#E2ED82#E2ED82

#93A117#93A117

Color Harmonies

#4332E2#4332E2

#E29B32#E29B32

#78E232#78E232

#32D0E2#32D0E2

#E232D0#E232D0

Variants

#E2ED82#E2ED82

#93A117#93A117

#E5FB18#E5FB18

#BBC84C#BBC84C

#E3EAA9#E3EAA9

#ECFF3D#ECFF3D

Nearest Named Colors

Pear#D1E231

Dandelion#F0E130

Peridot#B4C424

Saffron#F4C430

Old Gold#CFB53B

Luminance0.6817

Black text14.63:1AA Pass

White text1.44:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#D1E231","rgb":[209,226,49],"hsl":[66,75,54],"cmyk":[8,0,78,11],"luminance":0.6817,"contrast":{"black":14.63,"white":1.44}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":14.63,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.44,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#E5FB18","hex":"#E5FB18","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.14,"contrastWhite":1.16,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#E2ED82","hex":"#E2ED82","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.67,"contrastWhite":1.26,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Dandelion","hex":"#F0E130","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.52,"contrastWhite":1.35,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Saffron","hex":"#F4C430","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.79,"contrastWhite":1.64,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#78E232","hex":"#78E232","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.72,"contrastWhite":1.65,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","vibrant","vibrant yellow","Pear adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/d1e231.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pear.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dandelion.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/peridot.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#4332E2","analogous":["#E29B32","#78E232"],"triadic":["#32D0E2","#E232D0"],"tetradic":["#32E29B","#4332E2","#E23278"],"splitComplementary":["#3278E2","#9B32E2"],"monochromatic":["#E2ED82","#D1E231","#93A117"]}

Variants

{"light":"#E2ED82","dark":"#93A117","saturated":"#E5FB18","desaturated":"#BBC84C","pastel":"#E3EAA9","neon":"#ECFF3D"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"pear","name":"Pear","hex":"#D1E231","distance":0},{"slug":"dandelion","name":"Dandelion","hex":"#F0E130","distance":31.0322412983658},{"slug":"peridot","name":"Peridot","hex":"#B4C424","distance":43.70354676682432},{"slug":"saffron","name":"Saffron","hex":"#F4C430","distance":46.10856753359401},{"slug":"old-gold","name":"Old Gold","hex":"#CFB53B","distance":46.14108798023731}]

#D1E231

CSS

About #D1E231

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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