#DBC239#DBC239

#DBC239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.151 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC239
RGB	rgb(219, 194, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 74%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, -5.43, 67.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 67.97, 94.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0221 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.151 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.2462, 53.9415, 11.6879)
Luminance	0.5394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC239 #3952DB

analogous

#DB7139 #DBC239 #A3DB39

triadic

#DBC239 #39DBC2 #C239DB

tetradic

#DBC239 #39DB71 #3952DB #DB39A3

square

#DBC239 #39DB71 #3952DB #DB39A3

split-complementary

#DBC239 #39A3DB #7139DB

monochromatic

#827218 #B69F21 #DBC239 #E4D26D #EEE2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DBC239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#DBC239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC239

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC239	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)

#D5BD20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 194, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.151 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead479',
    500: '#dbc239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc239;
$custom-light: #ead479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.741,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81221,
    "c": 0.15067,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC239

secondary

#2F3D89

accent

#57EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC239

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

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