#DBD956#DBD956

#DBD956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.151 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD956
RGB	rgb(219, 217, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.67, -15.48, 62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.67, 64.71, 103.84°)
OKLab	oklab(86.25% -0.0476 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(86.25% 0.151 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.7077, 65.3593, 18.4834)
Luminance	0.6536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD956 #5658DB

analogous

#DB9756 #DBD956 #9ADB56

triadic

#DBD956 #56DBD9 #D956DB

tetradic

#DBD956 #56DB97 #5658DB #DB569A

square

#DBD956 #56DB97 #5658DB #DB569A

split-complementary

#DBD956 #569ADB #9756DB

monochromatic

#979520 #C9C72B #DBD956 #E6E488 #F0F0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DBD956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#DBD956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD956

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD956	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)

#EAD146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 217, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.151 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e48b',
    500: '#dbd956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd956;
$custom-light: #e9e48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.098,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86249,
    "c": 0.15105,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD956

secondary

#3A3C9B

accent

#42E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD956

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

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