#D8D169#D8D169

#D8D169 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.127 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D169
RGB	rgb(216, 209, 105)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 51.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.50, -11.29, 51.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.50, 53.06, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(84.52% -0.0334 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(84.52% 0.127 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.6706, 61.2214, 22.3516)
Luminance	0.6122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D169 #6970D8

analogous

#D89969 #D8D169 #A7D869

triadic

#D8D169 #69D8D1 #D169D8

tetradic

#D8D169 #69D899 #6970D8 #D869A7

square

#D8D169 #69D899 #6970D8 #D869A7

split-complementary

#D8D169 #69A7D8 #9969D8

monochromatic

#9E9629 #CBC238 #D8D169 #E5E09A #F1EFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#D8D169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#D8D169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D169

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D169	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CB5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D06E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 209, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.127 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6de96',
    500: '#d8d169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d169;
$custom-light: #e6de96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.216,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84521,
    "c": 0.12658,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D169

secondary

#4349A2

accent

#2AC61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D169

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

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