#DBD472#DBD472

#DBD472 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.121 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD472
RGB	rgb(219, 212, 114)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 47.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.63, -10.80, 48.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.63, 50.15, 102.43°)
OKLab	oklab(85.52% -0.0313 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(85.52% 0.121 105)
XYZ	xyz(55.7955, 63.3635, 25.2076)
Luminance	0.6336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD472 #7279DB

analogous

#DB9F72 #DBD472 #ADDB72

triadic

#DBD472 #72DBD4 #D472DB

tetradic

#DBD472 #72DB9F #7279DB #DB72AD

square

#DBD472 #72DB9F #7279DB #DB72AD

split-complementary

#DBD472 #72ADDB #9F72DB

monochromatic

#A89F2B #CFC541 #DBD472 #E7E3A3 #F4F2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DBD472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.67

#DBD472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD472

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD472	1.00	1.54	13.67	13.67
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CE69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 212, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.121 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e19d',
    500: '#dbd472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd472;
$custom-light: #e8e19d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85516,
    "c": 0.12069,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.63362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD472

secondary

#474DAB

accent

#2AC71F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD472

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

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