#D8D835#D8D835

#D8D835 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.172 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D835
RGB	rgb(216, 216, 53)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 75.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.95, -17.93, 74.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.95, 76.25, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(85.55% -0.0575 0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(85.55% 0.172 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.5194, 63.9693, 12.8956)
Luminance	0.6397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D835 #3535D8

analogous

#D88635 #D8D835 #86D835

triadic

#D8D835 #35D8D8 #D835D8

tetradic

#D8D835 #35D886 #3535D8 #D83586

square

#D8D835 #35D886 #3535D8 #D83586

split-complementary

#D8D835 #3586D8 #8635D8

monochromatic

#7B7B18 #AEAE22 #D8D835 #E2E268 #ECEC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#D8D835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#D8D835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D835

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D835	1.00	1.52	13.79	13.79
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EACF06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 216, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.172 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e379',
    500: '#d8d835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d835;
$custom-light: #e8e379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 67.635,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85549,
    "c": 0.17184,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D835

secondary

#2F2F83

accent

#3DEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D835

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

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