#D8D173#D8D173

#D8D173 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.117 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D173
RGB	rgb(216, 209, 115)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 46.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.61, -10.40, 47.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.61, 48.33, 102.42°)
OKLab	oklab(84.65% -0.0299 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(84.65% 0.117 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.2152, 61.4392, 25.2194)
Luminance	0.6144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D173 #737AD8

analogous

#D89F73 #D8D173 #ACD873

triadic

#D8D173 #73D8D1 #D173D8

tetradic

#D8D173 #73D89F #737AD8 #D873AC

square

#D8D173 #73D89F #737AD8 #D873AC

split-complementary

#D8D173 #73ACD8 #9F73D8

monochromatic

#A39B2D #CBC143 #D8D173 #E5E1A3 #F3F0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#D8D173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#D8D173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D173

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D173	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCB6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5C6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 209, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.117 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6de9d',
    500: '#d8d173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d173;
$custom-light: #e6de9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.842,
    "s": 56.425,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84651,
    "c": 0.11664,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D173

secondary

#484FA7

accent

#2DC422

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D173

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

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