#DBD978#DBD978

#DBD978 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.120 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD978
RGB	rgb(219, 217, 120)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 45.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.02, -12.75, 47.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.02, 49.44, 104.95°)
OKLab	oklab(86.64% -0.0363 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(86.64% 0.12 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.4176, 66.0432, 27.4886)
Luminance	0.6604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD978 #787ADB

analogous

#DBA878 #DBD978 #ACDB78

triadic

#DBD978 #78DBD9 #D978DB

tetradic

#DBD978 #78DBA8 #787ADB #DB78AC

square

#DBD978 #78DBA8 #787ADB #DB78AC

split-complementary

#DBD978 #78ACDB #A878DB

monochromatic

#ABA82E #CECB48 #DBD978 #E8E7A8 #F5F4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DBD978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.21

#DBD978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD978

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD978	1.00	1.48	14.21	14.21
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D67D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 217, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.120 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4a1',
    500: '#dbd978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd978;
$custom-light: #e8e4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.788,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86641,
    "c": 0.11996,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD978

secondary

#4A4CAE

accent

#23C520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD978

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

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