#D8E955#D8E955

#D8E955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.170 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8E955
RGB	rgb(216, 233, 85)
HSL	hsl(67, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(67, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.70, -24.54, 67.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.70, 71.78, 109.99°)
OKLab	oklab(89.42% -0.073 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(89.42% 0.17 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.0989, 73.5335, 19.6727)
Luminance	0.7353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8E955 #6655E9

analogous

#E9B055 #D8E955 #8EE955

triadic

#D8E955 #55D8E9 #E955D8

tetradic

#D8E955 #55E9B0 #6655E9 #E9558E

square

#D8E955 #55E9B0 #6655E9 #E9558E

split-complementary

#D8E955 #558EE9 #B055E9

monochromatic

#9CAD16 #CCE21F #D8E955 #E4F08B #F1F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#D8E955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.71

#D8E955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8E955

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8E955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8E955	1.00	1.34	15.71	15.71
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5DCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8e955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 233, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.170 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7ef8c',
    500: '#d8e955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8e955;
$custom-light: #e7ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8e955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.892,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89415,
    "c": 0.16959,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8E955

secondary

#4234AE

accent

#0CD924

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8E955

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

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