#DBD462#DBD462

#DBD462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.136 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD462
RGB	rgb(219, 212, 98)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 55.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.46, -12.14, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.46, 57.55, 102.18°)
OKLab	oklab(85.32% -0.0368 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(85.32% 0.136 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.9632, 63.0306, 20.8238)
Luminance	0.6303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD462 #6269DB

analogous

#DB9862 #DBD462 #A6DB62

triadic

#DBD462 #62DBD4 #D462DB

tetradic

#DBD462 #62DB98 #6269DB #DB62A6

square

#DBD462 #62DB98 #6269DB #DB62A6

split-complementary

#DBD462 #62A6DB #9862DB

monochromatic

#9E9724 #D0C630 #DBD462 #E6E294 #F2EFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DBD462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#DBD462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD462

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD462	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 212, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.136 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e192',
    500: '#dbd462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd462;
$custom-light: #e9e192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.529,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8532,
    "c": 0.13591,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD462

secondary

#3F45A2

accent

#25CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD462

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

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