#DBC142#DBC142

#DBC142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.144 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC142
RGB	rgb(219, 193, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, -4.49, 64.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 64.38, 94.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.0185 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.144 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.2691, 53.5958, 12.9031)
Luminance	0.5359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC142 #425CDB

analogous

#DB7442 #DBC142 #A8DB42

triadic

#DBC142 #42DBC1 #C142DB

tetradic

#DBC142 #42DB74 #425CDB #DB42A8

square

#DBC142 #42DB74 #425CDB #DB42A8

split-complementary

#DBC142 #42A8DB #7442DB

monochromatic

#89761A #BCA224 #DBC142 #E5D275 #EFE3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DBC142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#DBC142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC142

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC142	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 193, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.144 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead37e',
    500: '#dbc142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc142;
$custom-light: #ead37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.804,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8108,
    "c": 0.14439,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC142

secondary

#33428F

accent

#5AEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC142

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

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