#DBD561#DBD561

#DBD561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.138 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD561
RGB	rgb(219, 213, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 55.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.71, -12.71, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.71, 58.39, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(85.52% -0.0385 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(85.52% 0.138 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.1670, 63.5133, 20.6602)
Luminance	0.6351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD561 #6167DB

analogous

#DB9861 #DBD561 #A4DB61

triadic

#DBD561 #61DBD5 #D561DB

tetradic

#DBD561 #61DB98 #6167DB #DB61A4

square

#DBD561 #61DB98 #6167DB #DB61A4

split-complementary

#DBD561 #61A4DB #9861DB

monochromatic

#9E9824 #D0C82F #DBD561 #E6E293 #F2EFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DBD561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#DBD561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD561

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD561	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 213, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.138 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e192',
    500: '#dbd561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd561;
$custom-light: #e9e192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85519,
    "c": 0.13781,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD561

secondary

#3F44A1

accent

#23CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD561

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

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