#DBD487#DBD487

#DBD487 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.098 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD487
RGB	rgb(219, 212, 135)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 38%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 38.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.91, -8.69, 38.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.91, 39.91, 102.57°)
OKLab	oklab(85.83% -0.0234 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(85.83% 0.098 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.1310, 63.8977, 32.2409)
Luminance	0.6390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD487 #878EDB

analogous

#DBAA87 #DBD487 #B8DB87

triadic

#DBD487 #87DBD4 #D487DB

tetradic

#DBD487 #87DBAA #878EDB #DB87B8

square

#DBD487 #87DBAA #878EDB #DB87B8

split-complementary

#DBD487 #87B8DB #AA87DB

monochromatic

#B2A835 #CDC358 #DBD487 #E9E5B6 #F7F6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DBD487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.78

#DBD487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD487

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD487	1.00	1.52	13.78	13.78
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CF81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D38A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 212, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.098 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1ab',
    500: '#dbd487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd487;
$custom-light: #e7e1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85828,
    "c": 0.0982,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD487

secondary

#545CB2

accent

#31C124

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD487

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

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