#D8D489#D8D489

#D8D489 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.096 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D489
RGB	rgb(216, 212, 137)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(57, 37%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 36.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.70, -9.64, 37.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.70, 38.84, 104.37°)
OKLab	oklab(85.61% -0.0259 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(85.61% 0.096 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.3785, 63.4933, 32.9476)
Luminance	0.6349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D489 #898DD8

analogous

#D8AD89 #D8D489 #B5D889

triadic

#D8D489 #89D8D4 #D489D8

tetradic

#D8D489 #89D8AD #898DD8 #D889B5

square

#D8D489 #89D8AD #898DD8 #D889B5

split-complementary

#D8D489 #89B5D8 #AD89D8

monochromatic

#ADA739 #C9C35B #D8D489 #E7E5B7 #F6F6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#D8D489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#D8D489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D489

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D489	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CF83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D28C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 212, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.096 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5e1ac',
    500: '#d8d489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d489;
$custom-light: #e5e1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.962,
    "s": 50.318,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85612,
    "c": 0.09597,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D489

secondary

#575BAE

accent

#2FBE28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D489

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

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