#DBD16B#DBD16B

#DBD16B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.125 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD16B
RGB	rgb(219, 209, 107)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 51.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.77, -9.90, 51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.77, 52.22, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(84.8% -0.0294 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(84.8% 0.125 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.6693, 61.7243, 22.9413)
Luminance	0.6172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD16B #6B75DB

analogous

#DB996B #DBD16B #ADDB6B

triadic

#DBD16B #6BDBD1 #D16BDB

tetradic

#DBD16B #6BDB99 #6B75DB #DB6BAD

square

#DBD16B #6BDB99 #6B75DB #DB6BAD

split-complementary

#DBD16B #6BADDB #996BDB

monochromatic

#A49928 #CFC23A #DBD16B #E7E09C #F3F0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DBD16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#DBD16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD16B

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD16B	1.00	1.57	13.34	13.34
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CB62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D070

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 209, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.125 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8de98',
    500: '#dbd16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd16b;
$custom-light: #e8de98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.643,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84801,
    "c": 0.12453,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD16B

secondary

#434CA7

accent

#2CC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD16B

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

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