#DBD252#DBD252

#DBD252 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.147 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD252
RGB	rgb(219, 210, 82)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 62.6%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.79, -12.24, 62.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.79, 63.67, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(84.74% -0.0388 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(84.74% 0.147 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.7849, 61.7643, 17.0696)
Luminance	0.6176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD252 #525BDB

analogous

#DB8E52 #DBD252 #A0DB52

triadic

#DBD252 #52DBD2 #D252DB

tetradic

#DBD252 #52DB8E #525BDB #DB52A0

square

#DBD252 #52DB8E #525BDB #DB52A0

split-complementary

#DBD252 #52A0DB #8E52DB

monochromatic

#948C1F #C6BC29 #DBD252 #E6DF85 #F0ECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DBD252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#DBD252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD252

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD252	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)

#E3CB42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 210, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.147 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9df88',
    500: '#dbd252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd252;
$custom-light: #e9df88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.058,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8474,
    "c": 0.14728,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD252

secondary

#393F99

accent

#4AE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD252

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

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