#DBD85B#DBD85B

#DBD85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.146 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD85B
RGB	rgb(219, 216, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 58.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.45, -14.65, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.45, 62.21, 103.62°)
OKLab	oklab(86.09% -0.0447 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(86.09% 0.146 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.6593, 64.9288, 19.4961)
Luminance	0.6493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD85B #5B5EDB

analogous

#DB985B #DBD85B #9EDB5B

triadic

#DBD85B #5BDBD8 #D85BDB

tetradic

#DBD85B #5BDB98 #5B5EDB #DB5B9E

square

#DBD85B #5BDB98 #5B5EDB #DB5B9E

split-complementary

#DBD85B #5B9EDB #985BDB

monochromatic

#9A9722 #CCC82D #DBD85B #E6E48D #F1F0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DBD85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#DBD85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD85B

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD85B	1.00	1.50	13.99	13.99
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 216, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.146 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e38e',
    500: '#dbd85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd85b;
$custom-light: #e9e38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.594,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86086,
    "c": 0.146,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD85B

secondary

#3C3F9E

accent

#1ECC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD85B

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

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