#DBBC57#DBBC57

#DBBC57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.125 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBBC57
RGB	rgb(219, 188, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, -0.64, 54.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 54.08, 90.68°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.005 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.125 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.9191, 51.7172, 16.4207)
Luminance	0.5171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBBC57 #5776DB

analogous

#DB7A57 #DBBC57 #B8DB57

triadic

#DBBC57 #57DBBC #BC57DB

tetradic

#DBBC57 #57DB7A #5776DB #DB57B8

square

#DBBC57 #57DB7A #5776DB #DB57B8

split-complementary

#DBBC57 #57B8DB #7A57DB

monochromatic

#977B20 #CAA42B #DBBC57 #E6D089 #F1E4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#DBBC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#DBBC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBBC57

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBBC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBBC57	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBAFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbbc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 188, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.125 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cf8a',
    500: '#dbbc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbbc57;
$custom-light: #e9cf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbbc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.909,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80255,
    "c": 0.12498,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBBC57

secondary

#3B519C

accent

#67E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBBC57

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

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