#D8D140#D8D140

#D8D140 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.159 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D140
RGB	rgb(216, 209, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 70.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.15, -13.99, 68.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.15, 70.17, 101.50°)
OKLab	oklab(84.13% -0.0455 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(84.13% 0.159 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.0468, 60.5719, 13.7994)
Luminance	0.6057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D140 #4047D8

analogous

#D88540 #D8D140 #93D840

triadic

#D8D140 #40D8D1 #D140D8

tetradic

#D8D140 #40D885 #4047D8 #D84093

square

#D8D140 #40D885 #4047D8 #D84093

split-complementary

#D8D140 #4093D8 #8540D8

monochromatic

#837E1B #B6AF25 #D8D140 #E2DD73 #EDE9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#D8D140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#D8D140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D140

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D140	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3C927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 209, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.159 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8de7e',
    500: '#d8d140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d140;
$custom-light: #e8de7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.237,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8413,
    "c": 0.15917,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D140

secondary

#33378A

accent

#47E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D140

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

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