#DBD973#DBD973

#DBD973 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.125 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD973
RGB	rgb(219, 217, 115)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 47.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.96, -13.22, 50.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.96, 51.81, 104.78°)
OKLab	oklab(86.57% -0.0381 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(86.57% 0.125 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.1220, 65.9250, 25.9321)
Luminance	0.6592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD973 #7375DB

analogous

#DBA573 #DBD973 #A9DB73

triadic

#DBD973 #73DBD9 #D973DB

tetradic

#DBD973 #73DBA5 #7375DB #DB73A9

square

#DBD973 #73DBA5 #7375DB #DB73A9

split-complementary

#DBD973 #73A9DB #A573DB

monochromatic

#A8A62B #CECC42 #DBD973 #E8E6A4 #F4F3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DBD973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#DBD973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD973

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD973	1.00	1.48	14.18	14.18
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D26A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 217, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.125 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e49d',
    500: '#dbd973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd973;
$custom-light: #e8e49d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.846,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86573,
    "c": 0.12505,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD973

secondary

#4749AB

accent

#22C71F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD973

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

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