#DBD857#DBD857

#DBD857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.149 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD857
RGB	rgb(219, 216, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.41, -14.92, 62.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.41, 63.90, 103.50°)
OKLab	oklab(86.05% -0.0459 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(86.05% 0.149 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.4913, 64.8616, 18.6114)
Luminance	0.6486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD857 #575ADB

analogous

#DB9657 #DBD857 #9CDB57

triadic

#DBD857 #57DBD8 #D857DB

tetradic

#DBD857 #57DB96 #575ADB #DB579C

square

#DBD857 #57DB96 #575ADB #DB579C

split-complementary

#DBD857 #579CDB #9657DB

monochromatic

#979420 #CAC62B #DBD857 #E6E489 #F1EFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DBD857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#DBD857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD857

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD857	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)

#E9D048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 216, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.149 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e38c',
    500: '#dbd857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd857;
$custom-light: #e9e38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.636,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86047,
    "c": 0.14925,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD857

secondary

#3B3D9C

accent

#44E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD857

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

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