#DBD261#DBD261

#DBD261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.135 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD261
RGB	rgb(219, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 55.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.92, -11.21, 56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.92, 57.20, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(84.89% -0.0342 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(84.89% 0.135 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.4194, 62.0181, 20.4110)
Luminance	0.6202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD261 #616ADB

analogous

#DB9561 #DBD261 #A7DB61

triadic

#DBD261 #61DBD2 #D261DB

tetradic

#DBD261 #61DB95 #616ADB #DB61A7

square

#DBD261 #61DB95 #616ADB #DB61A7

split-complementary

#DBD261 #61A7DB #9561DB

monochromatic

#9E9524 #D0C42F #DBD261 #E6E093 #F2EEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DBD261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#DBD261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD261

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD261	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.135 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9df91',
    500: '#dbd261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd261;
$custom-light: #e9df91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.574,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84891,
    "c": 0.13481,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD261

secondary

#3F46A1

accent

#28CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD261

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

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