#DBD255#DBD255

#DBD255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.145 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD255
RGB	rgb(219, 210, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.81, -12.05, 61.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.81, 62.42, 101.13°)
OKLab	oklab(84.77% -0.038 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(84.77% 0.145 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.9016, 61.8110, 17.6840)
Luminance	0.6181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD255 #555EDB

analogous

#DB8F55 #DBD255 #A1DB55

triadic

#DBD255 #55DBD2 #D255DB

tetradic

#DBD255 #55DB8F #555EDB #DB55A1

square

#DBD255 #55DB8F #555EDB #DB55A1

split-complementary

#DBD255 #55A1DB #8F55DB

monochromatic

#968E20 #C8BE2A #DBD255 #E6DF88 #F0EDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DBD255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#DBD255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD255

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD255	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)

#E3CB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 210, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.145 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9df8a',
    500: '#dbd255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd255;
$custom-light: #e9df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.97,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84768,
    "c": 0.14494,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD255

secondary

#3A409A

accent

#4BE840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD255

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

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