#DBC049#DBC049

#DBC049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.139 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC049
RGB	rgb(219, 192, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 66.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.02, -3.60, 61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.02, 61.30, 93.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% -0.0152 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.139 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.2680, 53.2429, 13.9838)
Luminance	0.5324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC049 #4964DB

analogous

#DB7749 #DBC049 #ADDB49

triadic

#DBC049 #49DBC0 #C049DB

tetradic

#DBC049 #49DB77 #4964DB #DB49AD

square

#DBC049 #49DB77 #4964DB #DB49AD

split-complementary

#DBC049 #49ADDB #7749DB

monochromatic

#8E791C #C1A426 #DBC049 #E5D27C #EFE3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DBC049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#DBC049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC049

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC049	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)

#D3BC3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 192, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.139 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead282',
    500: '#dbc049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc049;
$custom-light: #ead282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.904,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80932,
    "c": 0.13881,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC049

secondary

#354793

accent

#5EEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC049

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

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