#DBD849#DBD849

#DBD849 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.160 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD849
RGB	rgb(219, 216, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 66.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.31, -15.76, 67.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.31, 69.46, 103.11°)
OKLab	oklab(85.93% -0.0497 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(85.93% 0.16 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.9738, 64.6546, 15.8858)
Luminance	0.6465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD849 #494CDB

analogous

#DB8F49 #DBD849 #95DB49

triadic

#DBD849 #49DBD8 #D849DB

tetradic

#DBD849 #49DB8F #494CDB #DB4995

square

#DBD849 #49DB8F #494CDB #DB4995

split-complementary

#DBD849 #4995DB #8F49DB

monochromatic

#8E8B1C #C1BE26 #DBD849 #E5E37C #EFEEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DBD849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#DBD849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD849

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD849	1.00	1.51	13.93	13.93
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 216, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.160 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae384',
    500: '#dbd849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd849;
$custom-light: #eae384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.767,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85928,
    "c": 0.15955,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD849

secondary

#353793

accent

#41EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD849

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

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