#DBD489#DBD489

#DBD489 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.096 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD489
RGB	rgb(219, 212, 137)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 37.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.94, -8.47, 37.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.94, 38.92, 102.56°)
OKLab	oklab(85.86% -0.0226 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(85.86% 0.096 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.2731, 63.9546, 32.9895)
Luminance	0.6395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD489 #8990DB

analogous

#DBAB89 #DBD489 #B9DB89

triadic

#DBD489 #89DBD4 #D489DB

tetradic

#DBD489 #89DBAB #8990DB #DB89B9

square

#DBD489 #89DBAB #8990DB #DB89B9

split-complementary

#DBD489 #89B9DB #AB89DB

monochromatic

#B3A837 #CDC35A #DBD489 #E9E5B8 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DBD489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#DBD489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD489

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD489	1.00	1.52	13.79	13.79
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CF83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D38C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 212, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.096 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1ac',
    500: '#dbd489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd489;
$custom-light: #e7e1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.878,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85861,
    "c": 0.09592,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD489

secondary

#565EB2

accent

#32C125

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD489

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

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