#DBC157#DBC157

#DBC157 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.129 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC157
RGB	rgb(219, 193, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -3.24, 55.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 55.62, 93.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0125 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.129 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.0058, 53.8905, 16.7829)
Luminance	0.5389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC157 #5771DB

analogous

#DB7F57 #DBC157 #B3DB57

triadic

#DBC157 #57DBC1 #C157DB

tetradic

#DBC157 #57DB7F #5771DB #DB57B3

square

#DBC157 #57DB7F #5771DB #DB57B3

split-complementary

#DBC157 #57B3DB #7F57DB

monochromatic

#978020 #CAAA2B #DBC157 #E6D489 #F1E6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DBC157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#DBC157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC157

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC157	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 193, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.129 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d38a',
    500: '#dbc157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc157;
$custom-light: #e9d38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.182,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81271,
    "c": 0.12857,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC157

secondary

#3B4E9C

accent

#61E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC157

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

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