#DBC042#DBC042

#DBC042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.144 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC042
RGB	rgb(219, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.97, -3.98, 63.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.97, 64.08, 93.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.87% -0.0171 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(80.87% 0.144 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.0488, 53.1552, 12.8296)
Luminance	0.5315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC042 #425DDB

analogous

#DB7342 #DBC042 #A9DB42

triadic

#DBC042 #42DBC0 #C042DB

tetradic

#DBC042 #42DB73 #425DDB #DB42A9

square

#DBC042 #42DB73 #425DDB #DB42A9

split-complementary

#DBC042 #42A9DB #7342DB

monochromatic

#89751A #BCA124 #DBC042 #E5D175 #EFE2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#DBC042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#DBC042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC042

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC042	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.144 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead27e',
    500: '#dbc042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc042;
$custom-light: #ead27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80874,
    "c": 0.14366,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC042

secondary

#33438F

accent

#5CEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC042

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

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