#D8D951#D8D951

#D8D951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.155 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D951
RGB	rgb(216, 217, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 62.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.39, -17.03, 64.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.39, 66.73, 104.78°)
OKLab	oklab(85.96% -0.0523 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(85.96% 0.155 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.6187, 64.8202, 17.4174)
Luminance	0.6482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D951 #5251D9

analogous

#D99651 #D8D951 #94D951

triadic

#D8D951 #51D8D9 #D951D8

tetradic

#D8D951 #51D996 #5251D9 #D95194

square

#D8D951 #51D996 #5251D9 #D95194

split-complementary

#D8D951 #5194D9 #9651D9

monochromatic

#8F901F #C1C22A #D8D951 #E3E483 #EFEFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#D8D951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#D8D951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D951

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D951	1.00	1.50	13.96	13.96
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 217, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.155 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e488',
    500: '#d8d951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d951;
$custom-light: #e7e488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.441,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85957,
    "c": 0.15538,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D951

secondary

#393995

accent

#41E742

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D951

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

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