#DBD174#DBD174

#DBD174 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.116 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD174
RGB	rgb(219, 209, 116)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 47%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.87, -9.10, 47.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.87, 47.96, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(84.92% -0.0262 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(84.92% 0.116 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.1676, 61.9236, 25.5660)
Luminance	0.6192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD174 #747EDB

analogous

#DB9D74 #DBD174 #B1DB74

triadic

#DBD174 #74DBD1 #D174DB

tetradic

#DBD174 #74DB9D #747EDB #DB74B1

square

#DBD174 #74DB9D #747EDB #DB74B1

split-complementary

#DBD174 #74B1DB #9D74DB

monochromatic

#A99D2C #CEC143 #DBD174 #E8E1A5 #F4F1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DBD174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#DBD174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD174

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD174	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)

#E0CB6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 209, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.116 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8de9e',
    500: '#dbd174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd174;
$custom-light: #e8de9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.175,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8492,
    "c": 0.11555,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD174

secondary

#4851AC

accent

#2FC61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD174

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

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