#DBC150#DBC150

#DBC150 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.134 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC150
RGB	rgb(219, 193, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 63.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -3.70, 58.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 58.67, 93.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.0147 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.134 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.7336, 53.7816, 15.3491)
Luminance	0.5378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC150 #506ADB

analogous

#DB7B50 #DBC150 #AFDB50

triadic

#DBC150 #50DBC1 #C150DB

tetradic

#DBC150 #50DB7B #506ADB #DB50AF

square

#DBC150 #50DB7B #506ADB #DB50AF

split-complementary

#DBC150 #50AFDB #7B50DB

monochromatic

#927D1E #C5A829 #DBC150 #E5D383 #F0E5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DBC150 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#DBC150 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC150

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC150	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC150	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc150;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 193, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.134 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d386',
    500: '#dbc150',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc150;
$custom-light: #e9d386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc150",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.777,
    "s": 65.877,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.812,
    "c": 0.13427,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC150

secondary

#384A97

accent

#5FE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC150

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

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