#D8D259#D8D259

#D8D259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.142 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D259
RGB	rgb(216, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.60, -13.02, 59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.60, 60.64, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(84.55% -0.0401 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(84.55% 0.142 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.1704, 61.4151, 18.5027)
Luminance	0.6141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D259 #595FD8

analogous

#D89259 #D8D259 #9FD859

triadic

#D8D259 #59D8D2 #D259D8

tetradic

#D8D259 #59D892 #595FD8 #D8599F

square

#D8D259 #59D892 #595FD8 #D8599F

split-complementary

#D8D259 #599FD8 #9259D8

monochromatic

#948F23 #C5BE2E #D8D259 #E4DF8B #EFEDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#D8D259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#D8D259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D259

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D259	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.142 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7df8c',
    500: '#d8d259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d259;
$custom-light: #e7df8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.165,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84552,
    "c": 0.14196,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D259

secondary

#3C4199

accent

#4AE543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D259

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

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