#D8E559#D8E559

#D8E559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.162 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8E559
RGB	rgb(216, 229, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(66, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.66, -22.36, 64.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.66, 68.48, 109.06°)
OKLab	oklab(88.59% -0.0665 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(88.59% 0.162 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.1428, 71.3598, 20.1602)
Luminance	0.7136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8E559 #6659E5

analogous

#E5AC59 #D8E559 #92E559

triadic

#D8E559 #59D8E5 #E559D8

tetradic

#D8E559 #59E5AC #6659E5 #E55992

square

#D8E559 #59E5AC #6659E5 #E55992

split-complementary

#D8E559 #5992E5 #AC59E5

monochromatic

#9CA91A #CCDD24 #D8E559 #E4ED8E #F1F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#D8E559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.27

#D8E559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8E559

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8E559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8E559	1.00	1.38	15.27	15.27
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8e559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 229, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.162 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7ed8e',
    500: '#d8e559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8e559;
$custom-light: #e7ed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8e559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.571,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8859,
    "c": 0.16214,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8E559

secondary

#4237AB

accent

#10D523

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8E559

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

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