#D8D955#D8D955

#D8D955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.152 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D955
RGB	rgb(216, 217, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 60.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.42, -16.77, 62.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.42, 65.11, 104.93°)
OKLab	oklab(85.99% -0.0512 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(85.99% 0.152 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.7731, 64.8820, 18.2308)
Luminance	0.6488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D955 #5655D9

analogous

#D99855 #D8D955 #96D955

triadic

#D8D955 #55D8D9 #D955D8

tetradic

#D8D955 #55D998 #5655D9 #D95596

square

#D8D955 #55D998 #5655D9 #D95596

split-complementary

#D8D955 #5596D9 #9855D9

monochromatic

#929321 #C4C52C #D8D955 #E3E487 #EFEFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#D8D955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.98

#D8D955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D955

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D955	1.00	1.50	13.98	13.98
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 217, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.152 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e48a',
    500: '#d8d955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d955;
$custom-light: #e7e48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.455,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85993,
    "c": 0.15232,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D955

secondary

#3B3A98

accent

#41E643

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D955

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

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