#DBC258#DBC258

#DBC258 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.128 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC258
RGB	rgb(219, 194, 88)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 59.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.67, -3.69, 55.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.67, 55.49, 93.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0137 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.128 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.2688, 54.3506, 17.0735)
Luminance	0.5435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC258 #5871DB

analogous

#DB8158 #DBC258 #B2DB58

triadic

#DBC258 #58DBC2 #C258DB

tetradic

#DBC258 #58DB81 #5871DB #DB58B2

square

#DBC258 #58DB81 #5871DB #DB58B2

split-complementary

#DBC258 #58B2DB #8158DB

monochromatic

#988121 #CAAC2C #DBC258 #E6D48A #F1E7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DBC258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#DBC258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC258

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC258	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 194, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.128 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d48b',
    500: '#dbc258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc258;
$custom-light: #e9d48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.55,
    "s": 64.532,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81486,
    "c": 0.12849,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC258

secondary

#3B4E9C

accent

#3BCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC258

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

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