#DBD485#DBD485

#DBD485 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.100 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD485
RGB	rgb(219, 212, 133)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 39.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.88, -8.91, 39.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.88, 40.91, 102.57°)
OKLab	oklab(85.8% -0.0242 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(85.8% 0.1 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.9915, 63.8419, 31.5063)
Luminance	0.6384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD485 #858CDB

analogous

#DBA985 #DBD485 #B7DB85

triadic

#DBD485 #85DBD4 #D485DB

tetradic

#DBD485 #85DBA9 #858CDB #DB85B7

square

#DBD485 #85DBA9 #858CDB #DB85B7

split-complementary

#DBD485 #85B7DB #A985DB

monochromatic

#B1A734 #CDC356 #DBD485 #E9E5B4 #F7F5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DBD485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#DBD485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD485

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD485	1.00	1.53	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CF7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 212, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.100 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1a9',
    500: '#dbd485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd485;
$custom-light: #e7e1a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.116,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85796,
    "c": 0.10044,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD485

secondary

#535AB2

accent

#30C224

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD485

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

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