#D8D55B#D8D55B

#D8D55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.143 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D55B
RGB	rgb(216, 213, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 57.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.41, -14.38, 59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.41, 60.97, 103.64°)
OKLab	oklab(85.2% -0.0437 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(85.2% 0.143 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.0031, 62.9443, 19.2003)
Luminance	0.6294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D55B #5B5ED8

analogous

#D8965B #D8D55B #9CD85B

triadic

#D8D55B #5BD8D5 #D55BD8

tetradic

#D8D55B #5BD896 #5B5ED8 #D85B9C

square

#D8D55B #5BD896 #5B5ED8 #D85B9C

split-complementary

#D8D55B #5B9CD8 #965BD8

monochromatic

#959223 #C7C32F #D8D55B #E4E28C #F0EEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#D8D55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#D8D55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D55B

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D55B	1.00	1.55	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 213, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.143 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e18e',
    500: '#d8d55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d55b;
$custom-light: #e7e18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.56,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85204,
    "c": 0.14333,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D55B

secondary

#3D3F9A

accent

#20C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D55B

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

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