#DBD456#DBD456

#DBD456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.146 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD456
RGB	rgb(219, 212, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.35, -12.99, 61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.35, 62.76, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(85.2% -0.0405 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(85.2% 0.146 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.4385, 62.8207, 18.0603)
Luminance	0.6282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD456 #565DDB

analogous

#DB9156 #DBD456 #A0DB56

triadic

#DBD456 #56DBD4 #D456DB

tetradic

#DBD456 #56DB91 #565DDB #DB56A0

square

#DBD456 #56DB91 #565DDB #DB56A0

split-complementary

#DBD456 #56A0DB #9156DB

monochromatic

#979020 #C9C12B #DBD456 #E6E188 #F0EEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DBD456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#DBD456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD456

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD456	1.00	1.55	13.56	13.56
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 212, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.146 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e18b',
    500: '#dbd456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd456;
$custom-light: #e9e18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85197,
    "c": 0.14607,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD456

secondary

#3A3F9B

accent

#49E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD456

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

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