#D8D16B#D8D16B

#D8D16B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.125 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D16B
RGB	rgb(216, 209, 107)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 50.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.52, -11.12, 50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.52, 52.12, 102.31°)
OKLab	oklab(84.55% -0.0327 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(84.55% 0.125 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.7746, 61.2630, 22.8993)
Luminance	0.6126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D16B #6B72D8

analogous

#D89A6B #D8D16B #A8D86B

triadic

#D8D16B #6BD8D1 #D16BD8

tetradic

#D8D16B #6BD89A #6B72D8 #D86BA8

square

#D8D16B #6BD89A #6B72D8 #D86BA8

split-complementary

#D8D16B #6BA8D8 #9A6BD8

monochromatic

#9F972A #CBC23B #D8D16B #E5E09B #F2EFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#D8D16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#D8D16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D16B

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D16B	1.00	1.58	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CB62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D070

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5C5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 209, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.125 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6de98',
    500: '#d8d16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d16b;
$custom-light: #e6de98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.147,
    "s": 58.289,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84546,
    "c": 0.12466,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D16B

secondary

#444AA3

accent

#2AC620

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D16B

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

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