#DBD257#DBD257

#DBD257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.143 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD257
RGB	rgb(219, 210, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.83, -11.92, 60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.83, 61.58, 101.16°)
OKLab	oklab(84.79% -0.0374 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(84.79% 0.143 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.9822, 61.8432, 18.1084)
Luminance	0.6184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD257 #5760DB

analogous

#DB9057 #DBD257 #A2DB57

triadic

#DBD257 #57DBD2 #D257DB

tetradic

#DBD257 #57DB90 #5760DB #DB57A2

square

#DBD257 #57DB90 #5760DB #DB57A2

split-complementary

#DBD257 #57A2DB #9057DB

monochromatic

#978F20 #CABF2B #DBD257 #E6DF89 #F1EDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DBD257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#DBD257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD257

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD257	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)

#E3CB49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 210, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.143 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9df8b',
    500: '#dbd257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd257;
$custom-light: #e9df8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84787,
    "c": 0.14333,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD257

secondary

#3B419C

accent

#4CE840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD257

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

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