#DBD173#DBD173

#DBD173 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.117 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD173
RGB	rgb(219, 209, 115)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 47.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.86, -9.19, 47.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.86, 48.44, 100.94°)
OKLab	oklab(84.91% -0.0266 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(84.91% 0.117 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.1098, 61.9005, 25.2613)
Luminance	0.6190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD173 #737DDB

analogous

#DB9D73 #DBD173 #B1DB73

triadic

#DBD173 #73DBD1 #D173DB

tetradic

#DBD173 #73DB9D #737DDB #DB73B1

square

#DBD173 #73DB9D #737DDB #DB73B1

split-complementary

#DBD173 #73B1DB #9D73DB

monochromatic

#A89C2B #CEC142 #DBD173 #E8E1A4 #F4F1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DBD173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#DBD173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD173

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD173	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)

#E0CB6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 209, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.117 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8de9d',
    500: '#dbd173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd173;
$custom-light: #e8de9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.231,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84906,
    "c": 0.11657,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD173

secondary

#4751AB

accent

#2FC71F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD173

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

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