#D8D842#D8D842

#D8D842 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.165 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D842
RGB	rgb(216, 216, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.02, -17.37, 69.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.02, 72.00, 103.96°)
OKLab	oklab(85.63% -0.0547 0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(85.63% 0.165 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.8600, 64.1056, 14.6897)
Luminance	0.6410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D842 #4242D8

analogous

#D88D42 #D8D842 #8DD842

triadic

#D8D842 #42D8D8 #D842D8

tetradic

#D8D842 #42D88D #4242D8 #D8428D

square

#D8D842 #42D88D #4242D8 #D8428D

split-complementary

#D8D842 #428DD8 #8D42D8

monochromatic

#84841B #B7B726 #D8D842 #E2E275 #EDEDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#D8D842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#D8D842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D842

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D842	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)

#E9CF28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 216, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.165 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e380',
    500: '#d8d842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d842;
$custom-light: #e8e380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85628,
    "c": 0.1646,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D842

secondary

#33338B

accent

#3FE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D842

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

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