#DBC250#DBC250

#DBC250 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.135 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC250
RGB	rgb(219, 194, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 63.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -4.22, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 58.99, 94.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.41% -0.0162 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(81.41% 0.135 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.9554, 54.2252, 15.4231)
Luminance	0.5422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC250 #5069DB

analogous

#DB7C50 #DBC250 #AEDB50

triadic

#DBC250 #50DBC2 #C250DB

tetradic

#DBC250 #50DB7C #5069DB #DB50AE

square

#DBC250 #50DB7C #5069DB #DB50AE

split-complementary

#DBC250 #50AEDB #7C50DB

monochromatic

#927E1E #C5A929 #DBC250 #E5D483 #F0E5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DBC250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#DBC250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC250

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC250	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 194, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.135 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d486',
    500: '#dbc250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc250;
$custom-light: #e9d486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.209,
    "s": 65.877,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81405,
    "c": 0.13502,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC250

secondary

#384997

accent

#5EE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC250

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

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