#DBD855#DBD855

#DBD855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.151 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD855
RGB	rgb(219, 216, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.40, -15.05, 62.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.40, 64.73, 103.44°)
OKLab	oklab(86.03% -0.0465 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(86.03% 0.151 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.4108, 64.8293, 18.1870)
Luminance	0.6483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD855 #5558DB

analogous

#DB9555 #DBD855 #9BDB55

triadic

#DBD855 #55DBD8 #D855DB

tetradic

#DBD855 #55DB95 #5558DB #DB559B

square

#DBD855 #55DB95 #5558DB #DB559B

split-complementary

#DBD855 #559BDB #9555DB

monochromatic

#969320 #C8C52A #DBD855 #E6E488 #F0EFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DBD855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#DBD855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD855

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD855	1.00	1.50	13.97	13.97
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 216, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.151 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e38a',
    500: '#dbd855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd855;
$custom-light: #e9e38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.657,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86029,
    "c": 0.15082,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD855

secondary

#3A3C9A

accent

#44E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD855

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

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