#DBD356#DBD356

#DBD356 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.145 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD356
RGB	rgb(219, 211, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.08, -12.49, 61.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.08, 62.38, 101.55°)
OKLab	oklab(84.99% -0.0391 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(84.99% 0.145 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.1893, 62.3223, 17.9772)
Luminance	0.6232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD356 #565EDB

analogous

#DB9156 #DBD356 #A1DB56

triadic

#DBD356 #56DBD3 #D356DB

tetradic

#DBD356 #56DB91 #565EDB #DB56A1

square

#DBD356 #56DB91 #565EDB #DB56A1

split-complementary

#DBD356 #56A1DB #9156DB

monochromatic

#978F20 #C9BF2B #DBD356 #E6E088 #F0EDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DBD356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#DBD356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD356

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD356	1.00	1.56	13.46	13.46
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 211, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.145 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e08b',
    500: '#dbd356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd356;
$custom-light: #e9e08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.391,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84987,
    "c": 0.1451,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD356

secondary

#3A409B

accent

#4AE840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD356

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

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