#DBD557#DBD557

#DBD557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.146 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD557
RGB	rgb(219, 213, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.62, -13.42, 61.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.62, 62.72, 102.36°)
OKLab	oklab(85.42% -0.0416 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(85.42% 0.146 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.7298, 63.3384, 18.3576)
Luminance	0.6334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD557 #575DDB

analogous

#DB9357 #DBD557 #9FDB57

triadic

#DBD557 #57DBD5 #D557DB

tetradic

#DBD557 #57DB93 #575DDB #DB579F

square

#DBD557 #57DB93 #575DDB #DB579F

split-complementary

#DBD557 #579FDB #9357DB

monochromatic

#979220 #CAC22B #DBD557 #E6E289 #F1EEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DBD557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.67

#DBD557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD557

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD557	1.00	1.54	13.67	13.67
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 213, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.146 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e18b',
    500: '#dbd557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd557;
$custom-light: #e9e18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85416,
    "c": 0.14625,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD557

secondary

#3B3F9C

accent

#48E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD557

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

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