#DBD481#DBD481

#DBD481 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.105 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD481
RGB	rgb(219, 212, 129)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 41.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.83, -9.33, 41.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.83, 42.89, 102.57°)
OKLab	oklab(85.73% -0.0257 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(85.73% 0.105 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.7204, 63.7335, 30.0785)
Luminance	0.6373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD481 #8188DB

analogous

#DBA781 #DBD481 #B5DB81

triadic

#DBD481 #81DBD4 #D481DB

tetradic

#DBD481 #81DBA7 #8188DB #DB81B5

square

#DBD481 #81DBA7 #8188DB #DB81B5

split-complementary

#DBD481 #81B5DB #A781DB

monochromatic

#AFA632 #CDC451 #DBD481 #E9E4B1 #F6F4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DBD481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#DBD481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD481

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD481	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CE7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D384

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 212, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.105 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1a7',
    500: '#dbd481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd481;
$custom-light: #e7e1a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85732,
    "c": 0.10487,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD481

secondary

#4F56B1

accent

#2FC322

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD481

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

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