#D8D156#D8D156

#D8D156 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.143 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D156
RGB	rgb(216, 209, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.31, -12.73, 60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.31, 61.53, 101.94°)
OKLab	oklab(84.31% -0.0396 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(84.31% 0.143 106)
XYZ	xyz(52.8008, 60.8735, 17.7707)
Luminance	0.6087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D156 #565DD8

analogous

#D89056 #D8D156 #9ED856

triadic

#D8D156 #56D8D1 #D156D8

tetradic

#D8D156 #56D890 #565DD8 #D8569E

square

#D8D156 #56D890 #565DD8 #D8569E

split-complementary

#D8D156 #569ED8 #9056D8

monochromatic

#928C22 #C4BC2D #D8D156 #E3DF88 #EFECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#D8D156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#D8D156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D156

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D156	1.00	1.59	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 209, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.143 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7de8a',
    500: '#d8d156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d156;
$custom-light: #e7de8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.769,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84312,
    "c": 0.14344,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.60872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D156

secondary

#3B4097

accent

#4BE642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D156

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

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