#DBD256#DBD256

#DBD256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.144 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD256
RGB	rgb(219, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.82, -11.99, 60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.82, 62.00, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(84.78% -0.0377 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(84.78% 0.144 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.9416, 61.8270, 17.8947)
Luminance	0.6182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD256 #565FDB

analogous

#DB9056 #DBD256 #A1DB56

triadic

#DBD256 #56DBD2 #D256DB

tetradic

#DBD256 #56DB90 #565FDB #DB56A1

square

#DBD256 #56DB90 #565FDB #DB56A1

split-complementary

#DBD256 #56A1DB #9056DB

monochromatic

#978F20 #C9BE2B #DBD256 #E6DF88 #F0EDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DBD256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#DBD256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD256

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD256	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.144 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9df8b',
    500: '#dbd256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd256;
$custom-light: #e9df8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.94,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84778,
    "c": 0.14414,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD256

secondary

#3A419B

accent

#4BE840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD256

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

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