#DBD278#DBD278

#DBD278 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.112 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD278
RGB	rgb(219, 210, 120)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 45.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.18, -9.22, 45.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.18, 46.44, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(85.18% -0.0262 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(85.18% 0.112 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.6515, 62.5109, 26.8999)
Luminance	0.6251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD278 #7881DB

analogous

#DBA178 #DBD278 #B3DB78

triadic

#DBD278 #78DBD2 #D278DB

tetradic

#DBD278 #78DBA1 #7881DB #DB78B3

square

#DBD278 #78DBA1 #7881DB #DB78B3

split-complementary

#DBD278 #78B3DB #A178DB

monochromatic

#ABA02E #CEC248 #DBD278 #E8E2A8 #F5F2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DBD278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#DBD278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD278

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD278	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)

#E0CC71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D17C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 210, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.112 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfa0',
    500: '#dbd278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd278;
$custom-light: #e8dfa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85183,
    "c": 0.11242,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD278

secondary

#4A53AE

accent

#2FC520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD278

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

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