#D8D581#D8D581

#D8D581 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.106 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D581
RGB	rgb(216, 213, 129)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 40%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 40.3%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.85, -11.02, 41.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.85, 43.26, 104.76°)
OKLab	oklab(85.69% -0.0304 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(85.69% 0.106 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.0765, 63.7737, 30.1202)
Luminance	0.6377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D581 #8184D8

analogous

#D8A981 #D8D581 #AFD881

triadic

#D8D581 #81D8D5 #D581D8

tetradic

#D8D581 #81D8A9 #8184D8 #D881AF

square

#D8D581 #81D8A9 #8184D8 #D881AF

split-complementary

#D8D581 #81AFD8 #A981D8

monochromatic

#AAA635 #CAC552 #D8D581 #E6E5B0 #F5F4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#D8D581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#D8D581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D581

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D581	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CF7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D385

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3CBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 213, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.106 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5e1a7',
    500: '#d8d581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d581;
$custom-light: #e5e1a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8569,
    "c": 0.1061,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D581

secondary

#5053AD

accent

#2BC025

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D581

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

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