#DBD55E#DBD55E

#DBD55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.140 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD55E
RGB	rgb(219, 213, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 57.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.68, -12.94, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.68, 59.71, 102.51°)
OKLab	oklab(85.49% -0.0395 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(85.49% 0.14 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.0298, 63.4584, 19.9374)
Luminance	0.6346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD55E #5E64DB

analogous

#DB975E #DBD55E #A3DB5E

triadic

#DBD55E #5EDBD5 #D55EDB

tetradic

#DBD55E #5EDB97 #5E64DB #DB5EA3

square

#DBD55E #5EDB97 #5E64DB #DB5EA3

split-complementary

#DBD55E #5EA3DB #975EDB

monochromatic

#9C9623 #CEC62E #DBD55E #E6E290 #F1EFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DBD55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#DBD55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD55E

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD55E	1.00	1.53	13.69	13.69
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 213, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.140 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e190',
    500: '#dbd55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd55e;
$custom-light: #e9e190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.12,
    "s": 63.452,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85487,
    "c": 0.14043,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD55E

secondary

#3D42A0

accent

#23CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD55E

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

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