#D8D161#D8D161

#D8D161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.134 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D161
RGB	rgb(216, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 55.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.41, -11.93, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.41, 56.72, 102.14°)
OKLab	oklab(84.43% -0.0361 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(84.43% 0.134 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.2786, 61.0646, 20.2871)
Luminance	0.6106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D161 #6168D8

analogous

#D89661 #D8D161 #A4D861

triadic

#D8D161 #61D8D1 #D161D8

tetradic

#D8D161 #61D896 #6168D8 #D861A4

square

#D8D161 #61D896 #6168D8 #D861A4

split-complementary

#D8D161 #61A4D8 #9661D8

monochromatic

#999226 #CAC132 #D8D161 #E4DF92 #F0EEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#D8D161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#D8D161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D161

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D161	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.134 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6de91',
    500: '#d8d161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d161;
$custom-light: #e6de91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84426,
    "c": 0.13402,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D161

secondary

#40459D

accent

#27C81D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D161

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

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