#DBC15B#DBC15B

#DBC15B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.125 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC15B
RGB	rgb(219, 193, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 58.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, -2.96, 53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 53.82, 93.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% -0.0113 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.125 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.1738, 53.9577, 17.6675)
Luminance	0.5395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC15B #5B75DB

analogous

#DB815B #DBC15B #B5DB5B

triadic

#DBC15B #5BDBC1 #C15BDB

tetradic

#DBC15B #5BDB81 #5B75DB #DB5BB5

square

#DBC15B #5BDB81 #5B75DB #DB5BB5

split-complementary

#DBC15B #5BB5DB #815BDB

monochromatic

#9A8122 #CCAC2D #DBC15B #E6D48D #F1E7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DBC15B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#DBC15B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC15B

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC15B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC15B	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc15b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 193, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.125 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d38d',
    500: '#dbc15b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc15b;
$custom-light: #e9d38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc15b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.813,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81315,
    "c": 0.12514,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC15B

secondary

#3C509E

accent

#3ECC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC15B

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

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