#DBC038#DBC038

#DBC038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.150 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC038
RGB	rgb(219, 192, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 74.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.90, -4.44, 67.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.90, 67.75, 93.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% -0.0194 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.15 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.7794, 53.0474, 11.4105)
Luminance	0.5304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC038 #3853DB

analogous

#DB6F38 #DBC038 #A5DB38

triadic

#DBC038 #38DBC0 #C038DB

tetradic

#DBC038 #38DB6F #3853DB #DB38A5

square

#DBC038 #38DB6F #3853DB #DB38A5

split-complementary

#DBC038 #38A5DB #6F38DB

monochromatic

#817017 #B59C21 #DBC038 #E4D06C #EEE1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#DBC038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#DBC038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC038

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC038	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 192, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.150 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead278',
    500: '#dbc038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc038;
$custom-light: #ead278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.061,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80804,
    "c": 0.1498,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC038

secondary

#2F3E88

accent

#59EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC038

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

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