#DBD16D#DBD16D

#DBD16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.123 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD16D
RGB	rgb(219, 209, 109)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 50.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.79, -9.73, 50.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.79, 51.29, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(84.83% -0.0287 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(84.83% 0.123 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.7757, 61.7669, 23.5018)
Luminance	0.6177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD16D #6D77DB

analogous

#DB9A6D #DBD16D #AEDB6D

triadic

#DBD16D #6DDBD1 #D16DDB

tetradic

#DBD16D #6DDB9A #6D77DB #DB6DAE

square

#DBD16D #6DDB9A #6D77DB #DB6DAE

split-complementary

#DBD16D #6DAEDB #9A6DDB

monochromatic

#A59A29 #CFC23C #DBD16D #E7E09E #F3F0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DBD16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#DBD16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD16D

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD16D	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CB64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 209, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.123 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8de99',
    500: '#dbd16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd16d;
$custom-light: #e8de99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 60.44,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84826,
    "c": 0.12257,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD16D

secondary

#444DA8

accent

#2DC81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD16D

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

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