#DBD272#DBD272

#DBD272 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.119 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD272
RGB	rgb(219, 210, 114)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 47.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.11, -9.79, 48.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.11, 49.32, 101.45°)
OKLab	oklab(85.1% -0.0284 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(85.1% 0.119 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.2987, 62.3698, 25.0420)
Luminance	0.6237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD272 #727BDB

analogous

#DB9D72 #DBD272 #AFDB72

triadic

#DBD272 #72DBD2 #D272DB

tetradic

#DBD272 #72DB9D #727BDB #DB72AF

square

#DBD272 #72DB9D #727BDB #DB72AF

split-complementary

#DBD272 #72AFDB #9D72DB

monochromatic

#A89D2B #CFC241 #DBD272 #E7E2A3 #F4F1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DBD272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#DBD272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD272

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD272	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CC6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D176

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 210, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.119 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8df9c',
    500: '#dbd272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd272;
$custom-light: #e8df9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.851,
    "c": 0.11861,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD272

secondary

#474FAB

accent

#2DC71F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD272

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

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