#DBD277#DBD277

#DBD277 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.113 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD277
RGB	rgb(219, 210, 119)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 46%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 45.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.17, -9.32, 45.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.17, 46.92, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(85.17% -0.0266 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(85.17% 0.113 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.5911, 62.4868, 26.5820)
Luminance	0.6249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD277 #7780DB

analogous

#DBA077 #DBD277 #B2DB77

triadic

#DBD277 #77DBD2 #D277DB

tetradic

#DBD277 #77DBA0 #7780DB #DB77B2

square

#DBD277 #77DBA0 #7780DB #DB77B2

split-complementary

#DBD277 #77B2DB #A077DB

monochromatic

#AA9F2D #CEC247 #DBD277 #E8E2A7 #F5F2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DBD277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#DBD277 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD277

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD277	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CC6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D17B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 210, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.113 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfa0',
    500: '#dbd277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd277;
$custom-light: #e8dfa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.6,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85169,
    "c": 0.11347,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD277

secondary

#4952AD

accent

#2FC620

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD277

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

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