#DBC048#DBC048

#DBC048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.140 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC048
RGB	rgb(219, 192, 72)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 67.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.01, -3.66, 61.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.01, 61.71, 93.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.0155 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.14 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.2351, 53.2297, 13.8106)
Luminance	0.5323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC048 #4863DB

analogous

#DB7748 #DBC048 #ACDB48

triadic

#DBC048 #48DBC0 #C048DB

tetradic

#DBC048 #48DB77 #4863DB #DB48AC

square

#DBC048 #48DB77 #4863DB #DB48AC

split-complementary

#DBC048 #48ACDB #7748DB

monochromatic

#8D781C #C0A426 #DBC048 #E5D27B #EFE3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DBC048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#DBC048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC048

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC048	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 192, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.140 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead281',
    500: '#dbc048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc048;
$custom-light: #ead281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.98,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80923,
    "c": 0.13953,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC048

secondary

#354692

accent

#5DEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC048

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

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