#D8D978#D8D978

#D8D978 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.120 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D978
RGB	rgb(216, 217, 120)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(61, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 44.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.78, -13.94, 47.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.78, 49.43, 106.38°)
OKLab	oklab(86.4% -0.0395 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(86.4% 0.12 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.5230, 65.5819, 27.4467)
Luminance	0.6558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D978 #7978D9

analogous

#D9A978 #D8D978 #A7D978

triadic

#D8D978 #78D8D9 #D978D8

tetradic

#D8D978 #78D9A9 #7978D9 #D978A7

square

#D8D978 #78D9A9 #7978D9 #D978A7

split-complementary

#D8D978 #78A7D9 #A978D9

monochromatic

#A6A72F #CACC48 #D8D978 #E6E6A8 #F4F4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#D8D978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#D8D978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D978

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D978	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D57D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4CEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 217, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.120 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e4a1',
    500: '#d8d978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d978;
$custom-light: #e6e4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.619,
    "s": 56.069,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86396,
    "c": 0.1203,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D978

secondary

#4B4AAB

accent

#22C424

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D978

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

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