#D8D251#D8D251

#D8D251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.148 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D251
RGB	rgb(216, 210, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 62.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.53, -13.55, 62.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.53, 64.00, 102.22°)
OKLab	oklab(84.48% -0.0425 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(84.48% 0.148 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.8525, 61.2879, 16.8287)
Luminance	0.6129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D251 #5157D8

analogous

#D88E51 #D8D251 #9BD851

triadic

#D8D251 #51D8D2 #D251D8

tetradic

#D8D251 #51D88E #5157D8 #D8519B

square

#D8D251 #51D88E #5157D8 #D8519B

split-complementary

#D8D251 #519BD8 #8E51D8

monochromatic

#8F8A20 #C1BA2B #D8D251 #E3DF83 #EEECB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#D8D251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#D8D251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D251

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D251	1.00	1.58	13.26	13.26
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 210, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.148 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7df88',
    500: '#d8d251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d251;
$custom-light: #e7df88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.333,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84476,
    "c": 0.14836,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D251

secondary

#393D94

accent

#49E641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D251

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

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