#D8DC59#D8DC59

#D8DC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.152 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8DC59
RGB	rgb(216, 220, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.25, -17.98, 62.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.25, 64.68, 106.14°)
OKLab	oklab(86.67% -0.0542 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(86.67% 0.152 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.7168, 66.5079, 19.3515)
Luminance	0.6651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8DC59 #5D59DC

analogous

#DC9E59 #D8DC59 #96DC59

triadic

#D8DC59 #59D8DC #DC59D8

tetradic

#D8DC59 #59DC9E #5D59DC #DC5996

square

#D8DC59 #59DC9E #5D59DC #DC5996

split-complementary

#D8DC59 #5996DC #9E59DC

monochromatic

#969A20 #C8CD2B #D8DC59 #E4E78C #F0F1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#D8DC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#D8DC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8DC59

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8DC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8DC59	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8dc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 220, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.152 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e68d',
    500: '#d8dc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8dc59;
$custom-light: #e7e68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8dc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.832,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86667,
    "c": 0.15232,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8DC59

secondary

#3E3B9E

accent

#18CD1E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8DC59

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

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