#D8D040#D8D040

#D8D040 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.158 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D040
RGB	rgb(216, 208, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 70.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.88, -13.49, 68.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.88, 69.82, 101.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.92% -0.044 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(83.92% 0.158 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.8022, 60.0827, 13.7179)
Luminance	0.6008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D040 #4048D8

analogous

#D88440 #D8D040 #94D840

triadic

#D8D040 #40D8D0 #D040D8

tetradic

#D8D040 #40D884 #4048D8 #D84094

square

#D8D040 #40D884 #4048D8 #D84094

split-complementary

#D8D040 #4094D8 #8440D8

monochromatic

#837D1B #B6AE25 #D8D040 #E2DD73 #EDE9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#D8D040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#D8D040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D040

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D040	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 208, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.158 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8de7e',
    500: '#d8d040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d040;
$custom-light: #e8de7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83919,
    "c": 0.15824,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D040

secondary

#33378A

accent

#48E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D040

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

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