#D8D462#D8D462

#D8D462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.136 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D462
RGB	rgb(216, 212, 98)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 54.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.22, -13.36, 55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.22, 57.48, 103.44°)
OKLab	oklab(85.07% -0.0401 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(85.07% 0.136 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.0685, 62.5693, 20.7818)
Luminance	0.6257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D462 #6266D8

analogous

#D89962 #D8D462 #A1D862

triadic

#D8D462 #62D8D4 #D462D8

tetradic

#D8D462 #62D899 #6266D8 #D862A1

square

#D8D462 #62D899 #6266D8 #D862A1

split-complementary

#D8D462 #62A1D8 #9962D8

monochromatic

#999626 #CAC532 #D8D462 #E4E193 #F0EFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#D8D462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#D8D462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D462

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D462	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 212, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.136 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e192',
    500: '#d8d462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d462;
$custom-light: #e6e192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.966,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85068,
    "c": 0.1362,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D462

secondary

#40439E

accent

#23C81E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D462

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

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