#DBC249#DBC249

#DBC249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.140 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC249
RGB	rgb(219, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 66.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, -4.64, 61.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 61.91, 94.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.0182 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.14 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.7101, 54.1271, 14.1312)
Luminance	0.5413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC249 #4962DB

analogous

#DB7949 #DBC249 #ABDB49

triadic

#DBC249 #49DBC2 #C249DB

tetradic

#DBC249 #49DB79 #4962DB #DB49AB

square

#DBC249 #49DB79 #4962DB #DB49AB

split-complementary

#DBC249 #49ABDB #7949DB

monochromatic

#8E7A1C #C1A626 #DBC249 #E5D37C #EFE4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DBC249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#DBC249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC249

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC249	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.140 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead482',
    500: '#dbc249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc249;
$custom-light: #ead482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.726,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81342,
    "c": 0.14029,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC249

secondary

#354593

accent

#5BEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC249

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

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