#D8D559#D8D559

#D8D559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.145 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D559
RGB	rgb(216, 213, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.40, -14.52, 60.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.40, 61.83, 103.58°)
OKLab	oklab(85.18% -0.0444 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(85.18% 0.145 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.9180, 62.9103, 18.7519)
Luminance	0.6291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D559 #595CD8

analogous

#D89659 #D8D559 #9BD859

triadic

#D8D559 #59D8D5 #D559D8

tetradic

#D8D559 #59D896 #595CD8 #D8599B

square

#D8D559 #59D896 #595CD8 #D8599B

split-complementary

#D8D559 #599BD8 #9659D8

monochromatic

#949123 #C5C22E #D8D559 #E4E28B #EFEEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#D8D559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#D8D559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D559

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D559	1.00	1.55	13.58	13.58
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 213, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.145 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e18d',
    500: '#d8d559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d559;
$custom-light: #e7e18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.583,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85184,
    "c": 0.14499,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D559

secondary

#3C3F99

accent

#47E543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D559

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

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