#DBD556#DBD556

#DBD556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.147 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD556
RGB	rgb(219, 213, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.61, -13.49, 61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.61, 63.14, 102.34°)
OKLab	oklab(85.41% -0.0419 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(85.41% 0.147 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.6892, 63.3222, 18.1439)
Luminance	0.6332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD556 #565CDB

analogous

#DB9256 #DBD556 #9FDB56

triadic

#DBD556 #56DBD5 #D556DB

tetradic

#DBD556 #56DB92 #565CDB #DB569F

square

#DBD556 #56DB92 #565CDB #DB569F

split-complementary

#DBD556 #569FDB #9256DB

monochromatic

#979120 #C9C22B #DBD556 #E6E288 #F0EEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DBD556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#DBD556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD556

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD556	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 213, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.147 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e18b',
    500: '#dbd556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd556;
$custom-light: #e9e18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.293,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85407,
    "c": 0.14706,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD556

secondary

#3A3F9B

accent

#48E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD556

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

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