#DBD479#DBD479

#DBD479 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.113 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD479
RGB	rgb(219, 212, 121)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 44.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.72, -10.14, 45.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.72, 46.79, 102.51°)
OKLab	oklab(85.61% -0.0287 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(85.61% 0.113 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.2093, 63.5291, 27.3868)
Luminance	0.6353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD479 #7980DB

analogous

#DBA379 #DBD479 #B1DB79

triadic

#DBD479 #79DBD4 #D479DB

tetradic

#DBD479 #79DBA3 #7980DB #DB79B1

square

#DBD479 #79DBA3 #7980DB #DB79B1

split-complementary

#DBD479 #79B1DB #A379DB

monochromatic

#ACA32E #CEC549 #DBD479 #E8E3A9 #F5F3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DBD479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#DBD479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD479

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD479	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CE72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D37D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 212, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.113 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1a1',
    500: '#dbd479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd479;
$custom-light: #e8e1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85613,
    "c": 0.11347,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD479

secondary

#4A51AE

accent

#2CC520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD479

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

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