#D8D561#D8D561

#D8D561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.138 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D561
RGB	rgb(216, 213, 97)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 55.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.47, -13.94, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.47, 58.34, 103.82°)
OKLab	oklab(85.27% -0.0418 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(85.27% 0.138 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.2724, 63.0520, 20.6183)
Luminance	0.6305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D561 #6164D8

analogous

#D89A61 #D8D561 #A0D861

triadic

#D8D561 #61D8D5 #D561D8

tetradic

#D8D561 #61D89A #6164D8 #D861A0

square

#D8D561 #61D89A #6164D8 #D861A0

split-complementary

#D8D561 #61A0D8 #9A61D8

monochromatic

#999626 #CAC632 #D8D561 #E4E292 #F0EFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#D8D561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#D8D561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D561

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D561	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 213, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.138 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e192',
    500: '#d8d561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d561;
$custom-light: #e6e192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.487,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85267,
    "c": 0.13813,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D561

secondary

#40429D

accent

#22C81D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D561

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

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