#DBD178#DBD178

#DBD178 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.111 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD178
RGB	rgb(219, 209, 120)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 45.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.92, -8.72, 45.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.92, 46.02, 100.92°)
OKLab	oklab(84.98% -0.0247 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(84.98% 0.111 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.4053, 62.0187, 26.8179)
Luminance	0.6202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD178 #7882DB

analogous

#DBA078 #DBD178 #B4DB78

triadic

#DBD178 #78DBD1 #D178DB

tetradic

#DBD178 #78DBA0 #7882DB #DB78B4

square

#DBD178 #78DBA0 #7882DB #DB78B4

split-complementary

#DBD178 #78B4DB #A078DB

monochromatic

#AB9E2E #CEC148 #DBD178 #E8E1A8 #F5F2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DBD178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#DBD178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD178

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD178	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCC71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D17C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 209, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.111 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dea0',
    500: '#dbd178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd178;
$custom-light: #e8dea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.939,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84976,
    "c": 0.11139,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD178

secondary

#4A54AE

accent

#31C520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD178

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

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