#DBC242#DBC242

#DBC242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.145 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC242
RGB	rgb(219, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, -5.01, 64.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 64.67, 94.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.29% -0.02 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(81.29% 0.145 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.4909, 54.0394, 12.9770)
Luminance	0.5404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC242 #425BDB

analogous

#DB7542 #DBC242 #A7DB42

triadic

#DBC242 #42DBC2 #C242DB

tetradic

#DBC242 #42DB75 #425BDB #DB42A7

square

#DBC242 #42DB75 #425BDB #DB42A7

split-complementary

#DBC242 #42A7DB #7542DB

monochromatic

#89771A #BCA324 #DBC242 #E5D375 #EFE3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DBC242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#DBC242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC242

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC242	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.145 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead47e',
    500: '#dbc242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc242;
$custom-light: #ead47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.196,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81285,
    "c": 0.14513,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC242

secondary

#33428F

accent

#59EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC242

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

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