#D8E856#D8E856

#D8E856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.168 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8E856
RGB	rgb(216, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(67, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(67, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.44, -24.00, 66.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.44, 70.96, 109.77°)
OKLab	oklab(89.21% -0.0714 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(89.21% 0.168 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.8566, 72.9850, 19.7893)
Luminance	0.7298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8E856 #6656E8

analogous

#E8AF56 #D8E856 #8FE856

triadic

#D8E856 #56D8E8 #E856D8

tetradic

#D8E856 #56E8AF #6656E8 #E8568F

square

#D8E856 #56E8AF #6656E8 #E8568F

split-complementary

#D8E856 #568FE8 #AF56E8

monochromatic

#9CAC17 #CCE120 #D8E856 #E4EF8C #F1F7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#D8E856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.60

#D8E856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8E856

15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8E856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8E856	1.00	1.35	15.60	15.60
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8e856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.168 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7ef8c',
    500: '#d8e856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8e856;
$custom-light: #e7ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8e856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.575,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89208,
    "c": 0.16774,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8E856

secondary

#4235AD

accent

#0DD824

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8E856

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

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