#DBC248#DBC248

#DBC248 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.141 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC248
RGB	rgb(219, 194, 72)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 67.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, -4.69, 62.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 62.31, 94.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.0184 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.141 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.6772, 54.1139, 13.9580)
Luminance	0.5411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC248 #4861DB

analogous

#DB7948 #DBC248 #ABDB48

triadic

#DBC248 #48DBC2 #C248DB

tetradic

#DBC248 #48DB79 #4861DB #DB48AB

square

#DBC248 #48DB79 #4861DB #DB48AB

split-complementary

#DBC248 #48ABDB #7948DB

monochromatic

#8D7A1C #C0A626 #DBC248 #E5D37B #EFE4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DBC248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#DBC248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC248

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC248	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 194, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.141 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead481',
    500: '#dbc248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc248;
$custom-light: #ead481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.796,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81333,
    "c": 0.14101,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC248

secondary

#354592

accent

#5BEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC248

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

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