#D8D165#D8D165

#D8D165 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.130 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D165
RGB	rgb(216, 209, 101)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 53.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.45, -11.62, 53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.45, 54.90, 102.22°)
OKLab	oklab(84.47% -0.0348 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(84.47% 0.13 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.4699, 61.1411, 21.2942)
Luminance	0.6114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D165 #656CD8

analogous

#D89865 #D8D165 #A5D865

triadic

#D8D165 #65D8D1 #D165D8

tetradic

#D8D165 #65D898 #656CD8 #D865A5

square

#D8D165 #65D898 #656CD8 #D865A5

split-complementary

#D8D165 #65A5D8 #9865D8

monochromatic

#9B9427 #CCC234 #D8D165 #E4E096 #F1EEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#D8D165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#D8D165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D165

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D165	1.00	1.59	13.23	13.23
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CA5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 209, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.130 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6de94',
    500: '#d8d165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d165;
$custom-light: #e6de94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.348,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84472,
    "c": 0.13036,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D165

secondary

#4247A0

accent

#29C71E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D165

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

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