#DBC04F#DBC04F

#DBC04F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.134 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC04F
RGB	rgb(219, 192, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 63.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.07, -3.25, 58.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.07, 58.79, 93.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.0135 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.134 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.4766, 53.3263, 15.0825)
Luminance	0.5332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC04F #4F6ADB

analogous

#DB7A4F #DBC04F #B0DB4F

triadic

#DBC04F #4FDBC0 #C04FDB

tetradic

#DBC04F #4FDB7A #4F6ADB #DB4FB0

square

#DBC04F #4FDB7A #4F6ADB #DB4FB0

split-complementary

#DBC04F #4FB0DB #7A4FDB

monochromatic

#927B1E #C5A628 #DBC04F #E5D282 #F0E4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DBC04F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#DBC04F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC04F

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC04F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC04F	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)

#D2BC42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc04f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 192, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.134 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d285',
    500: '#dbc04f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc04f;
$custom-light: #e9d285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc04f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.429,
    "s": 66.038,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80986,
    "c": 0.1343,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC04F

secondary

#374A97

accent

#60E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC04F

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

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