#D8DC51#D8DC51

#D8DC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.158 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8DC51
RGB	rgb(216, 220, 81)
HSL	hsl(62, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.19, -18.50, 65.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.19, 67.93, 105.81°)
OKLab	oklab(86.6% -0.0564 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(86.6% 0.158 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.3990, 66.3808, 17.6775)
Luminance	0.6638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8DC51 #5551DC

analogous

#DC9B51 #D8DC51 #93DC51

triadic

#D8DC51 #51D8DC #DC51D8

tetradic

#D8DC51 #51DC9B #5551DC #DC5193

square

#D8DC51 #51DC9B #5551DC #DC5193

split-complementary

#D8DC51 #5193DC #9B51DC

monochromatic

#91951E #C3C828 #D8DC51 #E3E684 #EFF0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#D8DC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#D8DC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8DC51

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8DC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8DC51	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8dc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 220, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.158 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e688',
    500: '#d8dc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8dc51;
$custom-light: #e7e688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8dc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.727,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86595,
    "c": 0.15847,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8DC51

secondary

#3B3899

accent

#3EE943

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8DC51

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

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