#D8D459#D8D459

#D8D459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.144 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D459
RGB	rgb(216, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.13, -14.02, 59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.13, 61.43, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(84.97% -0.0429 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(84.97% 0.144 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.6672, 62.4088, 18.6683)
Luminance	0.6241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D459 #595DD8

analogous

#D89459 #D8D459 #9DD859

triadic

#D8D459 #59D8D4 #D459D8

tetradic

#D8D459 #59D894 #595DD8 #D8599D

square

#D8D459 #59D894 #595DD8 #D8599D

split-complementary

#D8D459 #599DD8 #9459D8

monochromatic

#949023 #C5C12E #D8D459 #E4E18B #EFEEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#D8D459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.48

#D8D459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D459

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D459	1.00	1.56	13.48	13.48
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.144 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e18d',
    500: '#d8d459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d459;
$custom-light: #e7e18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.11,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84973,
    "c": 0.14398,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D459

secondary

#3C3F99

accent

#48E543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D459

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

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