#DBD461#DBD461

#DBD461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.137 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD461
RGB	rgb(219, 212, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 55.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.45, -12.21, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.45, 57.99, 102.16°)
OKLab	oklab(85.31% -0.0371 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(85.31% 0.137 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.9162, 63.0118, 20.5767)
Luminance	0.6301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD461 #6168DB

analogous

#DB9761 #DBD461 #A5DB61

triadic

#DBD461 #61DBD4 #D461DB

tetradic

#DBD461 #61DB97 #6168DB #DB61A5

square

#DBD461 #61DB97 #6168DB #DB61A5

split-complementary

#DBD461 #61A5DB #9761DB

monochromatic

#9E9724 #D0C62F #DBD461 #E6E293 #F2EFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DBD461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#DBD461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD461

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD461	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 212, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.137 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e192',
    500: '#dbd461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd461;
$custom-light: #e9e192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.557,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85309,
    "c": 0.1368,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD461

secondary

#3F44A1

accent

#25CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD461

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

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