#DBC149#DBC149

#DBC149 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 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC149
RGB	rgb(219, 193, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 66.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.28, -4.12, 61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.28, 61.60, 93.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.0167 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.14 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.4883, 53.6835, 14.0573)
Luminance	0.5368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC149 #4963DB

analogous

#DB7849 #DBC149 #ACDB49

triadic

#DBC149 #49DBC1 #C149DB

tetradic

#DBC149 #49DB78 #4963DB #DB49AC

square

#DBC149 #49DB78 #4963DB #DB49AC

split-complementary

#DBC149 #49ACDB #7849DB

monochromatic

#8E791C #C1A526 #DBC149 #E5D27C #EFE4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DBC149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#DBC149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC149

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC149	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 193, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.140 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead382',
    500: '#dbc149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc149;
$custom-light: #ead382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.315,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81137,
    "c": 0.13954,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC149

secondary

#354693

accent

#5DEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC149

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

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