#DBD253#DBD253

#DBD253 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.147 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD253
RGB	rgb(219, 210, 83)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 62.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.80, -12.18, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.80, 63.26, 101.10°)
OKLab	oklab(84.75% -0.0385 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(84.75% 0.147 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.8233, 61.7797, 17.2714)
Luminance	0.6178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD253 #535CDB

analogous

#DB8E53 #DBD253 #A0DB53

triadic

#DBD253 #53DBD2 #D253DB

tetradic

#DBD253 #53DB8E #535CDB #DB53A0

square

#DBD253 #53DB8E #535CDB #DB53A0

split-complementary

#DBD253 #53A0DB #8E53DB

monochromatic

#958D1F #C7BD2A #DBD253 #E6DF86 #F0ECB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DBD253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#DBD253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD253

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD253	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 210, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.147 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9df89',
    500: '#dbd253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd253;
$custom-light: #e9df89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.029,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8475,
    "c": 0.14651,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD253

secondary

#393F99

accent

#4BE83F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD253

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

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