#DBD281#DBD281

#DBD281 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.103 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD281
RGB	rgb(219, 210, 129)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 41.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.31, -8.32, 41.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.31, 42.03, 101.41°)
OKLab	oklab(85.32% -0.0228 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(85.32% 0.103 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.2235, 62.7398, 29.9129)
Luminance	0.6274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD281 #818ADB

analogous

#DBA581 #DBD281 #B7DB81

triadic

#DBD281 #81DBD2 #D281DB

tetradic

#DBD281 #81DBA5 #818ADB #DB81B7

square

#DBD281 #81DBA5 #818ADB #DB81B7

split-complementary

#DBD281 #81B7DB #A581DB

monochromatic

#AFA332 #CDC151 #DBD281 #E9E3B1 #F6F4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DBD281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.55

#DBD281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD281

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD281	1.00	1.55	13.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCD7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D284

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 210, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.103 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dfa7',
    500: '#dbd281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd281;
$custom-light: #e7dfa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85319,
    "c": 0.10274,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD281

secondary

#4F59B1

accent

#32C322

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD281

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

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