#DBD949#DBD949

#DBD949 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.161 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD949
RGB	rgb(219, 217, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 66.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.57, -16.26, 67.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.57, 69.84, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(86.14% -0.0511 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(86.14% 0.161 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.2308, 65.1685, 15.9715)
Luminance	0.6517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD949 #494BDB

analogous

#DB9049 #DBD949 #94DB49

triadic

#DBD949 #49DBD9 #D949DB

tetradic

#DBD949 #49DB90 #494BDB #DB4994

square

#DBD949 #49DB90 #494BDB #DB4994

split-complementary

#DBD949 #4994DB #9049DB

monochromatic

#8E8C1C #C1BF26 #DBD949 #E5E47C #EFEEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DBD949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#DBD949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD949

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD949	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 217, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.161 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae484',
    500: '#dbd949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd949;
$custom-light: #eae484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.178,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86139,
    "c": 0.16053,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD949

secondary

#353693

accent

#40EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD949

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

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