#D8D256#D8D256

#D8D256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.144 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D256
RGB	rgb(216, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.57, -13.23, 60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.57, 61.92, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(84.52% -0.041 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(84.52% 0.144 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.0470, 61.3657, 17.8527)
Luminance	0.6136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D256 #565CD8

analogous

#D89156 #D8D256 #9DD856

triadic

#D8D256 #56D8D2 #D256D8

tetradic

#D8D256 #56D891 #565CD8 #D8569D

square

#D8D256 #56D891 #565CD8 #D8569D

split-complementary

#D8D256 #569DD8 #9156D8

monochromatic

#928D22 #C4BD2D #D8D256 #E3DF88 #EFECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#D8D256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#D8D256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D256

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D256	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)

#E2CB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.144 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7df8b',
    500: '#d8d256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d256;
$custom-light: #e7df8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84522,
    "c": 0.14442,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D256

secondary

#3B3F97

accent

#4AE642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D256

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

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