#DBD980#DBD980

#DBD980 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.112 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD980
RGB	rgb(219, 217, 128)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 42%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 41.6%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.12, -11.96, 43.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.12, 45.58, 105.21°)
OKLab	oklab(86.76% -0.0333 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(86.76% 0.112 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.9235, 66.2456, 30.1533)
Luminance	0.6624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD980 #8082DB

analogous

#DBAB80 #DBD980 #AFDB80

triadic

#DBD980 #80DBD9 #D980DB

tetradic

#DBD980 #80DBAB #8082DB #DB80AF

square

#DBD980 #80DBAB #8082DB #DB80AF

split-complementary

#DBD980 #80AFDB #AB80DB

monochromatic

#AFAC32 #CDCB50 #DBD980 #E9E7B0 #F6F6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DBD980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#DBD980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD980

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD980	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D379

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D684

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 217, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.112 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4a6',
    500: '#dbd980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd980;
$custom-light: #e7e4a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.681,
    "s": 55.828,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86756,
    "c": 0.1115,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD980

secondary

#4E50B1

accent

#26C322

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD980

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

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