#DBC357#DBC357

#DBC357 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.130 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC357
RGB	rgb(219, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, -4.28, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 56.26, 94.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.0155 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.13 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.4509, 54.7807, 16.9313)
Luminance	0.5478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC357 #576FDB

analogous

#DB8157 #DBC357 #B1DB57

triadic

#DBC357 #57DBC3 #C357DB

tetradic

#DBC357 #57DB81 #576FDB #DB57B1

square

#DBC357 #57DB81 #576FDB #DB57B1

split-complementary

#DBC357 #57B1DB #8157DB

monochromatic

#978220 #CAAD2B #DBC357 #E6D589 #F1E7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DBC357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#DBC357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC357

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC357	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.130 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d48a',
    500: '#dbc357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc357;
$custom-light: #e9d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8168,
    "c": 0.13012,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC357

secondary

#3B4C9C

accent

#5FE840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC357

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

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