#D8D556#D8D556

#D8D556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.147 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D556
RGB	rgb(216, 213, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.37, -14.73, 61.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.37, 63.10, 103.50°)
OKLab	oklab(85.16% -0.0453 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(85.16% 0.147 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.7946, 62.8609, 18.1019)
Luminance	0.6286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D556 #5659D8

analogous

#D89456 #D8D556 #9AD856

triadic

#D8D556 #56D8D5 #D556D8

tetradic

#D8D556 #56D894 #5659D8 #D8569A

square

#D8D556 #56D894 #5659D8 #D8569A

split-complementary

#D8D556 #569AD8 #9456D8

monochromatic

#928F22 #C4C02D #D8D556 #E3E188 #EFEEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#D8D556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#D8D556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D556

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D556	1.00	1.55	13.57	13.57
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 213, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.147 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e18b',
    500: '#d8d556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d556;
$custom-light: #e7e18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.615,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85155,
    "c": 0.14743,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D556

secondary

#3B3D97

accent

#46E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D556

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

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