#D8D551#D8D551

#D8D551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.151 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D551
RGB	rgb(216, 213, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 62.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.33, -15.05, 63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.33, 65.16, 103.35°)
OKLab	oklab(85.11% -0.0467 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(85.11% 0.151 108)
XYZ	xyz(53.6001, 62.7831, 17.0779)
Luminance	0.6278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D551 #5154D8

analogous

#D89151 #D8D551 #97D851

triadic

#D8D551 #51D8D5 #D551D8

tetradic

#D8D551 #51D891 #5154D8 #D85197

square

#D8D551 #51D891 #5154D8 #D85197

split-complementary

#D8D551 #5197D8 #9151D8

monochromatic

#8F8C20 #C1BD2B #D8D551 #E3E183 #EEEDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#D8D551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#D8D551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D551

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D551	1.00	1.55	13.56	13.56
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 213, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.151 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e188',
    500: '#d8d551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d551;
$custom-light: #e7e188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.667,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85109,
    "c": 0.15133,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.62782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D551

secondary

#393B94

accent

#45E641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D551

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

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