#D8E551#D8E551

#D8E551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.168 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8E551
RGB	rgb(216, 229, 81)
HSL	hsl(65, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(65, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.60, -22.87, 67.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.60, 71.62, 108.62°)
OKLab	oklab(88.52% -0.0687 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(88.52% 0.168 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.8249, 71.2327, 18.4861)
Luminance	0.7123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8E551 #5E51E5

analogous

#E5A851 #D8E551 #8EE551

triadic

#D8E551 #51D8E5 #E551D8

tetradic

#D8E551 #51E5A8 #5E51E5 #E5518E

square

#D8E551 #51E5A8 #5E51E5 #E5518E

split-complementary

#D8E551 #518EE5 #A851E5

monochromatic

#97A318 #C8D820 #D8E551 #E4ED86 #F0F5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#D8E551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.25

#D8E551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8E551

15.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8E551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8E551	1.00	1.38	15.25	15.25
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8e551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 229, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.168 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7ed89',
    500: '#d8e551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8e551;
$custom-light: #e7ed89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8e551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.27,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88521,
    "c": 0.16807,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8E551

secondary

#3F35A6

accent

#0FD621

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8E551

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

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