#DBD962#DBD962

#DBD962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.141 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD962
RGB	rgb(219, 217, 98)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 55.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.78, -14.63, 57.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.78, 59.57, 104.22°)
OKLab	oklab(86.37% -0.0439 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(86.37% 0.141 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.2324, 65.5692, 21.2469)
Luminance	0.6557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD962 #6264DB

analogous

#DB9C62 #DBD962 #A1DB62

triadic

#DBD962 #62DBD9 #D962DB

tetradic

#DBD962 #62DB9C #6264DB #DB62A1

square

#DBD962 #62DB9C #6264DB #DB62A1

split-complementary

#DBD962 #62A1DB #9C62DB

monochromatic

#9E9C24 #D0CD30 #DBD962 #E6E594 #F2F1C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DBD962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#DBD962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD962

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD962	1.00	1.49	14.11	14.11
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 217, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.141 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e492',
    500: '#dbd962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd962;
$custom-light: #e9e492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.008,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86369,
    "c": 0.14106,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD962

secondary

#3F41A2

accent

#1ECA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD962

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

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