#DBD970#DBD970

#DBD970 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.128 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD970
RGB	rgb(219, 217, 112)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 48.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.92, -13.49, 51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.92, 53.21, 104.68°)
OKLab	oklab(86.53% -0.0392 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(86.53% 0.128 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.9522, 65.8571, 25.0377)
Luminance	0.6586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD970 #7072DB

analogous

#DBA470 #DBD970 #A7DB70

triadic

#DBD970 #70DBD9 #D970DB

tetradic

#DBD970 #70DBA4 #7072DB #DB70A7

square

#DBD970 #70DBA4 #7072DB #DB70A7

split-complementary

#DBD970 #70A7DB #A470DB

monochromatic

#A7A42A #CFCC3F #DBD970 #E7E6A1 #F4F3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DBD970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#DBD970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD970

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD970	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D267

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 217, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.128 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e49b',
    500: '#dbd970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd970;
$custom-light: #e8e49b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.879,
    "s": 59.777,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86534,
    "c": 0.12802,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD970

secondary

#4647AA

accent

#21C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD970

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

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