#DBD357#DBD357

#DBD357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.144 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD357
RGB	rgb(219, 211, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.09, -12.42, 60.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.09, 61.96, 101.57°)
OKLab	oklab(85% -0.0388 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(85% 0.144 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.2298, 62.3385, 18.1909)
Luminance	0.6234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD357 #575FDB

analogous

#DB9157 #DBD357 #A1DB57

triadic

#DBD357 #57DBD3 #D357DB

tetradic

#DBD357 #57DB91 #575FDB #DB57A1

square

#DBD357 #57DB91 #575FDB #DB57A1

split-complementary

#DBD357 #57A1DB #9157DB

monochromatic

#979020 #CAC02B #DBD357 #E6E089 #F1EDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DBD357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#DBD357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD357

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD357	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)

#E4CC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 211, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.144 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e08b',
    500: '#dbd357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd357;
$custom-light: #e9e08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84997,
    "c": 0.14429,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD357

secondary

#3B409C

accent

#4AE840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD357

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

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