#DBD172#DBD172

#DBD172 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.118 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD172
RGB	rgb(219, 209, 114)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 47.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.85, -9.28, 48.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.85, 48.91, 100.94°)
OKLab	oklab(84.89% -0.0269 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(84.89% 0.118 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.0526, 61.8776, 24.9599)
Luminance	0.6188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD172 #727CDB

analogous

#DB9D72 #DBD172 #B0DB72

triadic

#DBD172 #72DBD1 #D172DB

tetradic

#DBD172 #72DB9D #727CDB #DB72B0

square

#DBD172 #72DB9D #727CDB #DB72B0

split-complementary

#DBD172 #72B0DB #9D72DB

monochromatic

#A89C2B #CFC141 #DBD172 #E7E1A3 #F4F1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DBD172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#DBD172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD172

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD172	1.00	1.57	13.38	13.38
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CB6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D176

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 209, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.118 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8de9c',
    500: '#dbd172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd172;
$custom-light: #e8de9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84892,
    "c": 0.11759,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD172

secondary

#4750AB

accent

#2FC71F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD172

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

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