#DBC255#DBC255

#DBC255 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.131 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC255
RGB	rgb(219, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.64, -3.90, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.64, 56.82, 93.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% -0.0147 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.131 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.1470, 54.3019, 16.4325)
Luminance	0.5430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC255 #556EDB

analogous

#DB7F55 #DBC255 #B1DB55

triadic

#DBC255 #55DBC2 #C255DB

tetradic

#DBC255 #55DB7F #556EDB #DB55B1

square

#DBC255 #55DB7F #556EDB #DB55B1

split-complementary

#DBC255 #55B1DB #7F55DB

monochromatic

#968020 #C8AB2A #DBC255 #E6D488 #F0E6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DBC255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#DBC255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC255

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC255	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)

#D4BE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.131 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d489',
    500: '#dbc255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc255;
$custom-light: #e9d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.806,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81455,
    "c": 0.131,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC255

secondary

#3A4C9A

accent

#5FE840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC255

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

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