#D8D65E#D8D65E

#D8D65E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.142 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D65E
RGB	rgb(216, 214, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 56.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.71, -14.66, 58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.71, 60.07, 104.13°)
OKLab	oklab(85.45% -0.0442 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(85.45% 0.142 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.3874, 63.5017, 19.9796)
Luminance	0.6350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D65E #5E60D8

analogous

#D8995E #D8D65E #9DD85E

triadic

#D8D65E #5ED8D6 #D65ED8

tetradic

#D8D65E #5ED899 #5E60D8 #D85E9D

square

#D8D65E #5ED899 #5E60D8 #D85E9D

split-complementary

#D8D65E #5E9DD8 #995ED8

monochromatic

#979525 #C8C631 #D8D65E #E4E38F #F0EFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#D8D65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#D8D65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D65E

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D65E	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 214, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.142 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e290',
    500: '#d8d65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d65e;
$custom-light: #e7e290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.016,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85446,
    "c": 0.1418,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D65E

secondary

#3F409C

accent

#20C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D65E

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

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