#DBC252#DBC252

#DBC252 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.133 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC252
RGB	rgb(219, 194, 82)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 62.6%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -4.09, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 58.13, 94.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.0156 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.133 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.0304, 54.2552, 15.8180)
Luminance	0.5425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC252 #526BDB

analogous

#DB7E52 #DBC252 #B0DB52

triadic

#DBC252 #52DBC2 #C252DB

tetradic

#DBC252 #52DB7E #526BDB #DB52B0

square

#DBC252 #52DB7E #526BDB #DB52B0

split-complementary

#DBC252 #52B0DB #7E52DB

monochromatic

#947E1F #C6AA29 #DBC252 #E6D485 #F0E6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DBC252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#DBC252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC252

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC252	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 194, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.133 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d487',
    500: '#dbc252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc252;
$custom-light: #e9d487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.051,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81425,
    "c": 0.13344,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC252

secondary

#394A99

accent

#5EE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC252

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

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