#DBD478#DBD478

#DBD478 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.115 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD478
RGB	rgb(219, 212, 120)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 45.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.71, -10.24, 46.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.71, 47.28, 102.50°)
OKLab	oklab(85.6% -0.0291 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(85.6% 0.115 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.1483, 63.5046, 27.0656)
Luminance	0.6350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD478 #787FDB

analogous

#DBA378 #DBD478 #B1DB78

triadic

#DBD478 #78DBD4 #D478DB

tetradic

#DBD478 #78DBA3 #787FDB #DB78B1

square

#DBD478 #78DBA3 #787FDB #DB78B1

split-complementary

#DBD478 #78B1DB #A378DB

monochromatic

#ABA22E #CEC548 #DBD478 #E8E3A8 #F5F3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DBD478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#DBD478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD478

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD478	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CE70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D37C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 212, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.115 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1a1',
    500: '#dbd478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd478;
$custom-light: #e8e1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.758,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85598,
    "c": 0.11452,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD478

secondary

#4A51AE

accent

#2CC520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD478

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

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