#DBC155#DBC155

#DBC155 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.130 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC155
RGB	rgb(219, 193, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.38, -3.38, 56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.38, 56.50, 93.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.0132 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.13 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.9252, 53.8583, 16.3585)
Luminance	0.5386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC155 #556FDB

analogous

#DB7E55 #DBC155 #B2DB55

triadic

#DBC155 #55DBC1 #C155DB

tetradic

#DBC155 #55DB7E #556FDB #DB55B2

square

#DBC155 #55DB7E #556FDB #DB55B2

split-complementary

#DBC155 #55B2DB #7E55DB

monochromatic

#967F20 #C8AA2A #DBC155 #E6D388 #F0E6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DBC155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#DBC155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC155

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC155	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 193, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.130 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d389',
    500: '#dbc155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc155;
$custom-light: #e9d389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.358,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8125,
    "c": 0.13024,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC155

secondary

#3A4D9A

accent

#60E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC155

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

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