#D8D181#D8D181

#D8D181 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.102 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D181
RGB	rgb(216, 209, 129)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 40%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 40.3%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.80, -8.99, 40.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.80, 41.49, 102.52°)
OKLab	oklab(84.86% -0.0246 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(84.86% 0.102 104)
XYZ	xyz(55.0828, 61.7862, 29.7889)
Luminance	0.6179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D181 #8188D8

analogous

#D8A581 #D8D181 #B4D881

triadic

#D8D181 #81D8D1 #D181D8

tetradic

#D8D181 #81D8A5 #8188D8 #D881B4

square

#D8D181 #81D8A5 #8188D8 #D881B4

split-complementary

#D8D181 #81B4D8 #A581D8

monochromatic

#AAA135 #CAC052 #D8D181 #E6E2B0 #F5F3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#D8D181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#D8D181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D181

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D181	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECC7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D084

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4C7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 209, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.102 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5dfa7',
    500: '#d8d181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d181;
$custom-light: #e5dfa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.172,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84858,
    "c": 0.10166,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.61785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D181

secondary

#5057AD

accent

#32C025

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D181

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

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