#DBD156#DBD156

#DBD156 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.143 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD156
RGB	rgb(219, 209, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.56, -11.48, 60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.56, 61.62, 100.74°)
OKLab	oklab(84.57% -0.0362 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(84.57% 0.143 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.6955, 61.3348, 17.8126)
Luminance	0.6133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD156 #5660DB

analogous

#DB8F56 #DBD156 #A2DB56

triadic

#DBD156 #56DBD1 #D156DB

tetradic

#DBD156 #56DB8F #5660DB #DB56A2

square

#DBD156 #56DB8F #5660DB #DB56A2

split-complementary

#DBD156 #56A2DB #8F56DB

monochromatic

#978E20 #C9BD2B #DBD156 #E6DF88 #F0ECBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DBD156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#DBD156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD156

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD156	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 209, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.143 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de8b',
    500: '#dbd156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd156;
$custom-light: #e9de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.489,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84569,
    "c": 0.14318,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD156

secondary

#3A419B

accent

#4DE840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD156

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

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