#DBC355#DBC355

#DBC355 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.132 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC355
RGB	rgb(219, 195, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.90, -4.41, 56.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.90, 57.14, 94.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.0161 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.132 97)
XYZ	xyz(50.3703, 54.7485, 16.5069)
Luminance	0.5475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC355 #556DDB

analogous

#DB8055 #DBC355 #B0DB55

triadic

#DBC355 #55DBC3 #C355DB

tetradic

#DBC355 #55DB80 #556DDB #DB55B0

square

#DBC355 #55DB80 #556DDB #DB55B0

split-complementary

#DBC355 #55B0DB #8055DB

monochromatic

#968120 #C8AC2A #DBC355 #E6D588 #F0E7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DBC355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#DBC355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC355

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC355	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 195, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.132 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d489',
    500: '#dbc355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc355;
$custom-light: #e9d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.254,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8166,
    "c": 0.13178,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.54746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC355

secondary

#3A4B9A

accent

#5EE840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC355

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

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