#DBC148#DBC148

#DBC148 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.140 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC148
RGB	rgb(219, 193, 72)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 67.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, -4.18, 61.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 62.01, 93.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% -0.017 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.14 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.4554, 53.6703, 13.8841)
Luminance	0.5367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC148 #4862DB

analogous

#DB7848 #DBC148 #ABDB48

triadic

#DBC148 #48DBC1 #C148DB

tetradic

#DBC148 #48DB78 #4862DB #DB48AB

square

#DBC148 #48DB78 #4862DB #DB48AB

split-complementary

#DBC148 #48ABDB #7848DB

monochromatic

#8D791C #C0A526 #DBC148 #E5D27B #EFE4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DBC148 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#DBC148 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC148

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC148	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC148	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc148;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 193, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.140 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead381',
    500: '#dbc148',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc148;
$custom-light: #ead381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc148",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.388,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81128,
    "c": 0.14026,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC148

secondary

#354592

accent

#5CEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC148

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

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