#D8D542#D8D542

#D8D542 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.162 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D542
RGB	rgb(216, 213, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.22, -15.88, 69.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.22, 70.89, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(84.99% -0.0506 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(84.99% 0.162 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.0985, 62.5825, 14.4358)
Luminance	0.6258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D542 #4245D8

analogous

#D88A42 #D8D542 #90D842

triadic

#D8D542 #42D8D5 #D542D8

tetradic

#D8D542 #42D88A #4245D8 #D84290

square

#D8D542 #42D88A #4245D8 #D84290

split-complementary

#D8D542 #4290D8 #8A42D8

monochromatic

#84821B #B7B426 #D8D542 #E2E075 #EDECA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#D8D542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#D8D542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D542

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D542	1.00	1.55	13.52	13.52
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 213, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.162 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e17f',
    500: '#d8d542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d542;
$custom-light: #e8e17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.8,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84991,
    "c": 0.16169,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D542

secondary

#33358B

accent

#42E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D542

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

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