#D8D659#D8D659

#D8D659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.146 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D659
RGB	rgb(216, 214, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.66, -15.02, 60.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.66, 62.23, 103.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.4% -0.0458 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(85.4% 0.146 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.1703, 63.4149, 18.8360)
Luminance	0.6341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D659 #595BD8

analogous

#D89659 #D8D659 #9BD859

triadic

#D8D659 #59D8D6 #D659D8

tetradic

#D8D659 #59D896 #595BD8 #D8599B

square

#D8D659 #59D896 #595BD8 #D8599B

split-complementary

#D8D659 #599BD8 #9659D8

monochromatic

#949223 #C5C32E #D8D659 #E4E28B #EFEEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#D8D659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#D8D659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D659

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D659	1.00	1.53	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 214, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.146 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e28d',
    500: '#d8d659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d659;
$custom-light: #e7e28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.055,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85395,
    "c": 0.14602,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D659

secondary

#3C3E99

accent

#45E543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D659

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

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