#D8D162#D8D162

#D8D162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.133 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D162
RGB	rgb(216, 209, 98)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 54.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.42, -11.85, 55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.42, 56.27, 102.16°)
OKLab	oklab(84.44% -0.0358 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(84.44% 0.133 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.3256, 61.0834, 20.5342)
Luminance	0.6108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D162 #6269D8

analogous

#D89662 #D8D162 #A4D862

triadic

#D8D162 #62D8D1 #D162D8

tetradic

#D8D162 #62D896 #6269D8 #D862A4

square

#D8D162 #62D896 #6269D8 #D862A4

split-complementary

#D8D162 #62A4D8 #9662D8

monochromatic

#999326 #CAC132 #D8D162 #E4DF93 #F0EEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#D8D162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#D8D162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D162

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D162	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 209, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.133 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6de92',
    500: '#d8d162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d162;
$custom-light: #e6de92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.441,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84438,
    "c": 0.13312,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D162

secondary

#40469E

accent

#28C81E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D162

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

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