#DBD853#DBD853

#DBD853 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.152 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD853
RGB	rgb(219, 216, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 62.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.38, -15.18, 63.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.38, 65.54, 103.39°)
OKLab	oklab(86.01% -0.047 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(86.01% 0.152 108)
XYZ	xyz(55.3324, 64.7980, 17.7745)
Luminance	0.6480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD853 #5356DB

analogous

#DB9453 #DBD853 #9ADB53

triadic

#DBD853 #53DBD8 #D853DB

tetradic

#DBD853 #53DB94 #5356DB #DB539A

square

#DBD853 #53DB94 #5356DB #DB539A

split-complementary

#DBD853 #539ADB #9453DB

monochromatic

#95921F #C7C42A #DBD853 #E6E386 #F0EFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DBD853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#DBD853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD853

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD853	1.00	1.50	13.96	13.96
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 216, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.152 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e389',
    500: '#dbd853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd853;
$custom-light: #e9e389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.676,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86011,
    "c": 0.15236,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.64796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD853

secondary

#393B99

accent

#43E83F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD853

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

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