#DBD987#DBD987

#DBD987 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.104 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBD987
RGB	rgb(219, 217, 135)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(59, 38%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 38.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.22, -11.21, 40.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.22, 42.15, 105.43°)
OKLab	oklab(86.87% -0.0306 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(86.87% 0.104 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.4003, 66.4363, 32.6640)
Luminance	0.6643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBD987 #8789DB

analogous

#DBAF87 #DBD987 #B3DB87

triadic

#DBD987 #87DBD9 #D987DB

tetradic

#DBD987 #87DBAF #8789DB #DB87B3

square

#DBD987 #87DBAF #8789DB #DB87B3

split-complementary

#DBD987 #87B3DB #AF87DB

monochromatic

#B2AF35 #CDCA58 #DBD987 #E9E8B6 #F7F7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DBD987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#DBD987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBD987

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBD987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBD987	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D78B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbd987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 217, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.104 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4ab',
    500: '#dbd987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbd987;
$custom-light: #e7e4ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbd987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.571,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86865,
    "c": 0.10381,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBD987

secondary

#5457B2

accent

#28C124

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBD987

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

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