#DBD55B#DBD55B

#DBD55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.143 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD55B
RGB	rgb(219, 213, 91)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 58.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.66, -13.15, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.66, 61.02, 102.45°)
OKLab	oklab(85.46% -0.0404 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(85.46% 0.143 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.8977, 63.4056, 19.2422)
Luminance	0.6340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD55B #5B61DB

analogous

#DB955B #DBD55B #A1DB5B

triadic

#DBD55B #5BDBD5 #D55BDB

tetradic

#DBD55B #5BDB95 #5B61DB #DB5BA1

square

#DBD55B #5BDB95 #5B61DB #DB5BA1

split-complementary

#DBD55B #5BA1DB #955BDB

monochromatic

#9A9422 #CCC52D #DBD55B #E6E28D #F1EFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DBD55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#DBD55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD55B

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD55B	1.00	1.53	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 213, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.143 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e18e',
    500: '#dbd55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd55b;
$custom-light: #e9e18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.188,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85456,
    "c": 0.14298,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD55B

secondary

#3C419E

accent

#22CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD55B

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

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