#DBD157#DBD157

#DBD157 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.142 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD157
RGB	rgb(219, 209, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.57, -11.42, 60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.57, 61.20, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(84.58% -0.0359 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(84.58% 0.142 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.7361, 61.3510, 18.0263)
Luminance	0.6135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD157 #5761DB

analogous

#DB8F57 #DBD157 #A3DB57

triadic

#DBD157 #57DBD1 #D157DB

tetradic

#DBD157 #57DB8F #5761DB #DB57A3

square

#DBD157 #57DB8F #5761DB #DB57A3

split-complementary

#DBD157 #57A3DB #8F57DB

monochromatic

#978E20 #CABE2B #DBD157 #E6DF89 #F1EDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DBD157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#DBD157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD157

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD157	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)

#E2CA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 209, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.142 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de8b',
    500: '#dbd157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd157;
$custom-light: #e9de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.455,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84578,
    "c": 0.14237,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD157

secondary

#3B429C

accent

#4DE840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD157

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

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