#DBD985#DBD985

#DBD985 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.106 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD985
RGB	rgb(219, 217, 133)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(59, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 39.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.19, -11.43, 41.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.19, 43.13, 105.37°)
OKLab	oklab(86.83% -0.0314 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(86.83% 0.106 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.2608, 66.3805, 31.9294)
Luminance	0.6638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD985 #8587DB

analogous

#DBAE85 #DBD985 #B2DB85

triadic

#DBD985 #85DBD9 #D985DB

tetradic

#DBD985 #85DBAE #8587DB #DB85B2

square

#DBD985 #85DBAE #8587DB #DB85B2

split-complementary

#DBD985 #85B2DB #AE85DB

monochromatic

#B1AE34 #CDCA56 #DBD985 #E9E8B4 #F7F6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DBD985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#DBD985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD985

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD985	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D37F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 217, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.106 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4a9',
    500: '#dbd985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd985;
$custom-light: #e7e4a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86833,
    "c": 0.10604,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD985

secondary

#5355B2

accent

#27C224

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD985

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

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