#DBC139#DBC139

#DBC139 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.150 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC139
RGB	rgb(219, 193, 57)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 74%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -4.91, 67.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 67.69, 94.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% -0.0207 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.15 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.0244, 53.4979, 11.6140)
Luminance	0.5350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC139 #3953DB

analogous

#DB7039 #DBC139 #A4DB39

triadic

#DBC139 #39DBC1 #C139DB

tetradic

#DBC139 #39DB70 #3953DB #DB39A4

square

#DBC139 #39DB70 #3953DB #DB39A4

split-complementary

#DBC139 #39A4DB #7039DB

monochromatic

#827118 #B69E21 #DBC139 #E4D16D #EEE1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DBC139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#DBC139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC139

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC139	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 193, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.150 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead379',
    500: '#dbc139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc139;
$custom-light: #ead379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.37,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81016,
    "c": 0.14994,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC139

secondary

#2F3E89

accent

#58EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC139

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

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