#D8E255#D8E255

#D8E255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.162 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8E255
RGB	rgb(216, 226, 85)
HSL	hsl(64, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(64, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.82, -21.18, 65.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.82, 68.81, 107.92°)
OKLab	oklab(87.91% -0.0636 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(87.91% 0.162 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.1564, 69.6487, 19.0252)
Luminance	0.6965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8E255 #5F55E2

analogous

#E2A555 #D8E255 #91E255

triadic

#D8E255 #55D8E2 #E255D8

tetradic

#D8E255 #55E2A5 #5F55E2 #E25591

square

#D8E255 #55E2A5 #5F55E2 #E25591

split-complementary

#D8E255 #5591E2 #A555E2

monochromatic

#98A11B #C9D524 #D8E255 #E4EB89 #F0F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#D8E255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.93

#D8E255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8E255

14.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8E255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8E255	1.00	1.41	14.93	14.93
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8e255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 226, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.162 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7eb8b',
    500: '#d8e255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8e255;
$custom-light: #e7eb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8e255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.255,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87912,
    "c": 0.16189,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8E255

secondary

#3F37A4

accent

#13D320

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8E255

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

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