#D8D059#D8D059

#D8D059 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.140 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D059
RGB	rgb(216, 208, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.07, -12.02, 58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.07, 59.86, 101.58°)
OKLab	oklab(84.13% -0.0372 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(84.13% 0.14 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.6797, 60.4337, 18.3392)
Luminance	0.6043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D059 #5961D8

analogous

#D89059 #D8D059 #A1D859

triadic

#D8D059 #59D8D0 #D059D8

tetradic

#D8D059 #59D890 #5961D8 #D859A1

square

#D8D059 #59D890 #5961D8 #D859A1

split-complementary

#D8D059 #59A1D8 #9059D8

monochromatic

#948D23 #C5BC2E #D8D059 #E4DE8B #EFECBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#D8D059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#D8D059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D059

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D059	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 208, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.140 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7de8c',
    500: '#d8d059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d059;
$custom-light: #e7de8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84131,
    "c": 0.13999,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D059

secondary

#3C4299

accent

#4DE543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D059

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

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