#DBD955#DBD955

#DBD955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.152 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD955
RGB	rgb(219, 217, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.66, -15.54, 63.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.66, 65.12, 103.81°)
OKLab	oklab(86.24% -0.0479 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(86.24% 0.152 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.6677, 65.3433, 18.2727)
Luminance	0.6534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD955 #5557DB

analogous

#DB9655 #DBD955 #9ADB55

triadic

#DBD955 #55DBD9 #D955DB

tetradic

#DBD955 #55DB96 #5557DB #DB559A

square

#DBD955 #55DB96 #5557DB #DB559A

split-complementary

#DBD955 #559ADB #9655DB

monochromatic

#969420 #C8C62A #DBD955 #E6E488 #F0F0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DBD955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#DBD955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD955

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD955	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 217, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.152 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e48a',
    500: '#dbd955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd955;
$custom-light: #e9e48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.104,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8624,
    "c": 0.15183,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD955

secondary

#3A3B9A

accent

#42E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD955

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

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