#D8D640#D8D640

#D8D640 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.164 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D640
RGB	rgb(216, 214, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 70.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.48, -16.48, 70.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.48, 71.96, 103.24°)
OKLab	oklab(85.19% -0.0524 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(85.19% 0.164 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.2928, 63.0639, 14.2148)
Luminance	0.6306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D640 #4042D8

analogous

#D88A40 #D8D640 #8ED840

triadic

#D8D640 #40D8D6 #D640D8

tetradic

#D8D640 #40D88A #4042D8 #D8408E

square

#D8D640 #40D88A #4042D8 #D8408E

split-complementary

#D8D640 #408ED8 #8A40D8

monochromatic

#83821B #B6B425 #D8D640 #E2E173 #EDECA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#D8D640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#D8D640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D640

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D640	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)

#E7CD25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 214, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.164 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e27f',
    500: '#d8d640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d640;
$custom-light: #e8e27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.211,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85189,
    "c": 0.16388,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D640

secondary

#33348A

accent

#41E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D640

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

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