#DBC04E#DBC04E

#DBC04E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.135 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC04E
RGB	rgb(219, 192, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 64.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, -3.31, 59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 59.22, 93.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% -0.0138 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.135 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.4405, 53.3119, 14.8923)
Luminance	0.5331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC04E #4E69DB

analogous

#DB794E #DBC04E #AFDB4E

triadic

#DBC04E #4EDBC0 #C04EDB

tetradic

#DBC04E #4EDB79 #4E69DB #DB4EAF

square

#DBC04E #4EDB79 #4E69DB #DB4EAF

split-complementary

#DBC04E #4EAFDB #794EDB

monochromatic

#917B1E #C4A628 #DBC04E #E5D281 #F0E4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DBC04E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#DBC04E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC04E

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC04E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC04E	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc04e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 192, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.135 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead285',
    500: '#dbc04e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc04e;
$custom-light: #ead285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc04e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80977,
    "c": 0.13508,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC04E

secondary

#374996

accent

#5FE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC04E

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

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