#D8D855#D8D855

#D8D855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.151 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D855
RGB	rgb(216, 216, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.16, -16.28, 62.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.16, 64.71, 104.57°)
OKLab	oklab(85.78% -0.0498 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(85.78% 0.151 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.5161, 64.3680, 18.1451)
Luminance	0.6437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D855 #5555D8

analogous

#D89755 #D8D855 #97D855

triadic

#D8D855 #55D8D8 #D855D8

tetradic

#D8D855 #55D897 #5555D8 #D85597

square

#D8D855 #55D897 #5555D8 #D85597

split-complementary

#D8D855 #5597D8 #9755D8

monochromatic

#919121 #C3C32D #D8D855 #E3E387 #EFEFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#D8D855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#D8D855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D855

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D855	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 216, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.151 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e38a',
    500: '#d8d855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d855;
$custom-light: #e7e38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8578,
    "c": 0.15129,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D855

secondary

#3B3B96

accent

#42E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D855

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

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