#DBD856#DBD856

#DBD856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.150 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD856
RGB	rgb(219, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.40, -14.98, 62.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.40, 64.31, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(86.04% -0.0462 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(86.04% 0.15 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.4508, 64.8453, 18.3977)
Luminance	0.6484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD856 #5659DB

analogous

#DB9656 #DBD856 #9BDB56

triadic

#DBD856 #56DBD8 #D856DB

tetradic

#DBD856 #56DB96 #5659DB #DB569B

square

#DBD856 #56DB96 #5659DB #DB569B

split-complementary

#DBD856 #569BDB #9656DB

monochromatic

#979420 #C9C52B #DBD856 #E6E488 #F0EFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DBD856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#DBD856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD856

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD856	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)

#E9D046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.150 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e38b',
    500: '#dbd856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd856;
$custom-light: #e9e38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.647,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86038,
    "c": 0.15004,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD856

secondary

#3A3C9B

accent

#44E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD856

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

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