#DBC342#DBC342

#DBC342 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.146 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC342
RGB	rgb(219, 195, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -5.52, 64.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 64.98, 94.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0215 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.146 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.7142, 54.4860, 13.0514)
Luminance	0.5448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC342 #425ADB

analogous

#DB7642 #DBC342 #A6DB42

triadic

#DBC342 #42DBC3 #C342DB

tetradic

#DBC342 #42DB76 #425ADB #DB42A6

square

#DBC342 #42DB76 #425ADB #DB42A6

split-complementary

#DBC342 #42A6DB #7642DB

monochromatic

#89771A #BCA424 #DBC342 #E5D375 #EFE4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DBC342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#DBC342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC342

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC342	1.00	1.77	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 195, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.146 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead47e',
    500: '#dbc342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc342;
$custom-light: #ead47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.588,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81491,
    "c": 0.14588,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC342

secondary

#33418F

accent

#58EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC342

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

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