#DBD83B#DBD83B

#DBD83B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.168 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD83B
RGB	rgb(219, 216, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 73.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.22, -16.44, 72.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.22, 74.39, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(85.83% -0.0529 0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(85.83% 0.168 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.5608, 64.4893, 13.7105)
Luminance	0.6449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD83B #3B3EDB

analogous

#DB883B #DBD83B #8EDB3B

triadic

#DBD83B #3BDBD8 #D83BDB

tetradic

#DBD83B #3BDB88 #3B3EDB #DB3B8E

square

#DBD83B #3BDB88 #3B3EDB #DB3B8E

split-complementary

#DBD83B #3B8EDB #883BDB

monochromatic

#838118 #B7B422 #DBD83B #E4E26F #EEEDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DBD83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#DBD83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD83B

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD83B	1.00	1.51	13.90	13.90
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EACF1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 216, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.168 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae37c',
    500: '#dbd83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd83b;
$custom-light: #eae37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.875,
    "s": 68.966,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85832,
    "c": 0.16813,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD83B

secondary

#30328A

accent

#3FEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD83B

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

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