#D8D166#D8D166

#D8D166 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.129 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D166
RGB	rgb(216, 209, 102)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 52.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.47, -11.54, 53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.47, 54.44, 102.23°)
OKLab	oklab(84.48% -0.0345 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(84.48% 0.129 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.5192, 61.1608, 21.5538)
Luminance	0.6116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D166 #666DD8

analogous

#D89866 #D8D166 #A6D866

triadic

#D8D166 #66D8D1 #D166D8

tetradic

#D8D166 #66D898 #666DD8 #D866A6

square

#D8D166 #66D898 #666DD8 #D866A6

split-complementary

#D8D166 #66A6D8 #9866D8

monochromatic

#9C9528 #CCC235 #D8D166 #E4E097 #F1EEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#D8D166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#D8D166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D166

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D166	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)

#E0CA5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D06B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 209, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.129 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6de95',
    500: '#d8d166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d166;
$custom-light: #e6de95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.316,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84484,
    "c": 0.12943,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D166

secondary

#4248A0

accent

#29C71E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D166

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

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