#D8D740#D8D740

#D8D740 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.165 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D740
RGB	rgb(216, 215, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 70.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.74, -16.97, 70.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.74, 72.33, 103.57°)
OKLab	oklab(85.4% -0.0538 0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(85.4% 0.165 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.5467, 63.5716, 14.2994)
Luminance	0.6357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D740 #4041D8

analogous

#D88B40 #D8D740 #8DD840

triadic

#D8D740 #40D8D7 #D740D8

tetradic

#D8D740 #40D88B #4041D8 #D8408D

square

#D8D740 #40D88B #4041D8 #D8408D

split-complementary

#D8D740 #408DD8 #8B40D8

monochromatic

#83821B #B6B525 #D8D740 #E2E273 #EDECA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#D8D740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#D8D740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D740

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D740	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 215, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.165 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e37f',
    500: '#d8d740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d740;
$custom-light: #e8e37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.605,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85402,
    "c": 0.16484,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D740

secondary

#33338A

accent

#40E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D740

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

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