#DBD965#DBD965

#DBD965 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.138 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD965
RGB	rgb(219, 217, 101)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 53.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.81, -14.40, 56.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.81, 58.24, 104.32°)
OKLab	oklab(86.4% -0.0429 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(86.4% 0.138 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.3768, 65.6269, 22.0069)
Luminance	0.6563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD965 #6567DB

analogous

#DB9E65 #DBD965 #A2DB65

triadic

#DBD965 #65DBD9 #D965DB

tetradic

#DBD965 #65DB9E #6567DB #DB65A2

square

#DBD965 #65DB9E #6567DB #DB65A2

split-complementary

#DBD965 #65A2DB #9E65DB

monochromatic

#A09E25 #CFCD33 #DBD965 #E7E597 #F2F1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DBD965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#DBD965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD965

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD965	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD66B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 217, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.138 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e494',
    500: '#dbd965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd965;
$custom-light: #e8e494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.983,
    "s": 62.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86403,
    "c": 0.13838,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD965

secondary

#4042A4

accent

#1FCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD965

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

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