#DBD161#DBD161

#DBD161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.134 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD161
RGB	rgb(219, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 55.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.66, -10.70, 55.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.66, 56.81, 100.86°)
OKLab	oklab(84.68% -0.0328 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(84.68% 0.134 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.1733, 61.5259, 20.3290)
Luminance	0.6152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD161 #616BDB

analogous

#DB9461 #DBD161 #A8DB61

triadic

#DBD161 #61DBD1 #D161DB

tetradic

#DBD161 #61DB94 #616BDB #DB61A8

square

#DBD161 #61DB94 #616BDB #DB61A8

split-complementary

#DBD161 #61A8DB #9461DB

monochromatic

#9E9424 #D0C22F #DBD161 #E6E093 #F2EEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DBD161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#DBD161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD161

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD161	1.00	1.58	13.30	13.30
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CB56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.134 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de91',
    500: '#dbd161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd161;
$custom-light: #e9de91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.082,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84683,
    "c": 0.13383,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD161

secondary

#3F47A1

accent

#29CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD161

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

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