#DBC253#DBC253

#DBC253 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.133 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC253
RGB	rgb(219, 194, 83)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 62.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -4.03, 57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 57.69, 94.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.0153 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.133 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.0687, 54.2705, 16.0199)
Luminance	0.5427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC253 #536CDB

analogous

#DB7E53 #DBC253 #B0DB53

triadic

#DBC253 #53DBC2 #C253DB

tetradic

#DBC253 #53DB7E #536CDB #DB53B0

square

#DBC253 #53DB7E #536CDB #DB53B0

split-complementary

#DBC253 #53B0DB #7E53DB

monochromatic

#957F1F #C7AA2A #DBC253 #E6D486 #F0E6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DBC253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#DBC253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC253

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC253	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)

#D4BE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 194, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.133 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d488',
    500: '#dbc253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc253;
$custom-light: #e9d488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.971,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81434,
    "c": 0.13263,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC253

secondary

#394B99

accent

#5FE83F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC253

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

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