#D8D840#D8D840

#D8D840 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.166 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D840
RGB	rgb(216, 216, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.01, -17.46, 70.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.01, 72.70, 103.90°)
OKLab	oklab(85.62% -0.0552 0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(85.62% 0.166 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.8021, 64.0824, 14.3845)
Luminance	0.6408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D840 #4040D8

analogous

#D88C40 #D8D840 #8CD840

triadic

#D8D840 #40D8D8 #D840D8

tetradic

#D8D840 #40D88C #4040D8 #D8408C

square

#D8D840 #40D88C #4040D8 #D8408C

split-complementary

#D8D840 #408CD8 #8C40D8

monochromatic

#83831B #B6B625 #D8D840 #E2E273 #EDEDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#D8D840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#D8D840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D840

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D840	1.00	1.52	13.82	13.82
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CF25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 216, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.166 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e37f',
    500: '#d8d840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d840;
$custom-light: #e8e37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85615,
    "c": 0.16582,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D840

secondary

#33338A

accent

#3FE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D840

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

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