#DBC057#DBC057

#DBC057 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.128 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC057
RGB	rgb(219, 192, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, -2.73, 55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 55.30, 92.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.0111 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.128 95)
XYZ	xyz(49.7855, 53.4499, 16.7095)
Luminance	0.5345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC057 #5772DB

analogous

#DB7E57 #DBC057 #B4DB57

triadic

#DBC057 #57DBC0 #C057DB

tetradic

#DBC057 #57DB7E #5772DB #DB57B4

square

#DBC057 #57DB7E #5772DB #DB57B4

split-complementary

#DBC057 #57B4DB #7E57DB

monochromatic

#977F20 #CAA92B #DBC057 #E6D389 #F1E6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DBC057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#DBC057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC057

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC057	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 192, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.128 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d28a',
    500: '#dbc057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc057;
$custom-light: #e9d28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81067,
    "c": 0.12782,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.53447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC057

secondary

#3B4E9C

accent

#62E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC057

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

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