#D8D255#D8D255

#D8D255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.145 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D255
RGB	rgb(216, 210, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 60.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.57, -13.29, 60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.57, 62.34, 102.31°)
OKLab	oklab(84.51% -0.0413 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(84.51% 0.145 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.0070, 61.3497, 17.6420)
Luminance	0.6135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D255 #555BD8

analogous

#D89155 #D8D255 #9DD855

triadic

#D8D255 #55D8D2 #D255D8

tetradic

#D8D255 #55D891 #555BD8 #D8559D

square

#D8D255 #55D891 #555BD8 #D8559D

split-complementary

#D8D255 #559DD8 #9155D8

monochromatic

#918C21 #C3BC2D #D8D255 #E3DF87 #EFECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#D8D255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#D8D255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D255

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D255	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 210, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.145 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7df8a',
    500: '#d8d255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d255;
$custom-light: #e7df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.252,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84512,
    "c": 0.14523,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D255

secondary

#3B3F96

accent

#4AE642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D255

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

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