#D8D856#D8D856

#D8D856 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 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D856
RGB	rgb(216, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.17, -16.21, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.17, 64.29, 104.61°)
OKLab	oklab(85.79% -0.0495 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(85.79% 0.151 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.5561, 64.3840, 18.3558)
Luminance	0.6438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D856 #5656D8

analogous

#D89756 #D8D856 #97D856

triadic

#D8D856 #56D8D8 #D856D8

tetradic

#D8D856 #56D897 #5656D8 #D85697

square

#D8D856 #56D897 #5656D8 #D85697

split-complementary

#D8D856 #5697D8 #9756D8

monochromatic

#929222 #C4C42D #D8D856 #E3E388 #EFEFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#D8D856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.88

#D8D856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D856

13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D856	1.00	1.51	13.88	13.88
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.151 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e38b',
    500: '#d8d856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d856;
$custom-light: #e7e38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8579,
    "c": 0.15051,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D856

secondary

#3B3B97

accent

#42E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D856

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

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