#DBC14E#DBC14E

#DBC14E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.136 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC14E
RGB	rgb(219, 193, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 64.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -3.83, 59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 59.52, 93.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.0153 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.136 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.6608, 53.7525, 14.9657)
Luminance	0.5375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC14E #4E68DB

analogous

#DB7A4E #DBC14E #AEDB4E

triadic

#DBC14E #4EDBC1 #C14EDB

tetradic

#DBC14E #4EDB7A #4E68DB #DB4EAE

square

#DBC14E #4EDB7A #4E68DB #DB4EAE

split-complementary

#DBC14E #4EAEDB #7A4EDB

monochromatic

#917C1E #C4A728 #DBC14E #E5D381 #F0E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DBC14E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#DBC14E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC14E

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC14E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC14E	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc14e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 193, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.136 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead385',
    500: '#dbc14e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc14e;
$custom-light: #ead385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc14e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.936,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81181,
    "c": 0.13582,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC14E

secondary

#374996

accent

#5EE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC14E

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

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