#DBC254#DBC254

#DBC254 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.132 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC254
RGB	rgb(219, 194, 84)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 61.6%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -3.96, 57.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 57.26, 93.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.015 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.132 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.1076, 54.2861, 16.2247)
Luminance	0.5428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC254 #546DDB

analogous

#DB7F54 #DBC254 #B1DB54

triadic

#DBC254 #54DBC2 #C254DB

tetradic

#DBC254 #54DB7F #546DDB #DB54B1

square

#DBC254 #54DB7F #546DDB #DB54B1

split-complementary

#DBC254 #54B1DB #7F54DB

monochromatic

#957F1F #C8AB2A #DBC254 #E6D487 #F0E6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DBC254 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#DBC254 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC254

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC254	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC254	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc254;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 194, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.132 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d488',
    500: '#dbc254',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc254;
$custom-light: #e9d488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc254",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81445,
    "c": 0.13182,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC254

secondary

#394B9A

accent

#5FE840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC254

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

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