#D8E261#D8E261

#D8E261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.152 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8E261
RGB	rgb(216, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(65, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.93, -20.34, 60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.93, 63.87, 108.57°)
OKLab	oklab(88.03% -0.06 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(88.03% 0.152 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.6742, 69.8558, 21.7523)
Luminance	0.6986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8E261 #6B61E2

analogous

#E2AB61 #D8E261 #97E261

triadic

#D8E261 #61D8E2 #E261D8

tetradic

#D8E261 #61E2AB #6B61E2 #E26197

square

#D8E261 #61E2AB #6B61E2 #E26197

split-complementary

#D8E261 #6197E2 #AB61E2

monochromatic

#9FA91F #CBD92D #D8E261 #E5EB95 #F2F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#D8E261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.97

#D8E261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8E261

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8E261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8E261	1.00	1.40	14.97	14.97
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8e261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.152 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7eb92',
    500: '#d8e261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8e261;
$custom-light: #e7eb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8e261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.651,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88026,
    "c": 0.15229,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8E261

secondary

#443CAB

accent

#15D123

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8E261

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

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