#D8D962#D8D962

#D8D962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.141 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D962
RGB	rgb(216, 217, 98)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 54.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.54, -15.85, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.54, 59.56, 105.43°)
OKLab	oklab(86.12% -0.0472 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(86.12% 0.142 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.3378, 65.1079, 21.2049)
Luminance	0.6511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D962 #6362D9

analogous

#D99F62 #D8D962 #9DD962

triadic

#D8D962 #62D8D9 #D962D8

tetradic

#D8D962 #62D99F #6362D9 #D9629D

square

#D8D962 #62D99F #6362D9 #D9629D

split-complementary

#D8D962 #629DD9 #9F62D9

monochromatic

#9A9B26 #CBCC31 #D8D962 #E4E593 #F0F1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#D8D962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#D8D962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D962

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D962	1.00	1.50	14.02	14.02
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5CDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 217, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.141 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e492',
    500: '#d8d962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d962;
$custom-light: #e6e492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.504,
    "s": 61.026,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86123,
    "c": 0.1415,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D962

secondary

#41409F

accent

#1DC91E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D962

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

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