#DBC449#DBC449

#DBC449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.142 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC449
RGB	rgb(219, 196, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 66.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.05, -5.67, 62.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.05, 62.53, 95.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.0211 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.142 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.1582, 55.0233, 14.2806)
Luminance	0.5502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC449 #4960DB

analogous

#DB7B49 #DBC449 #A9DB49

triadic

#DBC449 #49DBC4 #C449DB

tetradic

#DBC449 #49DB7B #4960DB #DB49A9

square

#DBC449 #49DB7B #4960DB #DB49A9

split-complementary

#DBC449 #49A9DB #7B49DB

monochromatic

#8E7C1C #C1A826 #DBC449 #E5D57C #EFE5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DBC449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#DBC449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC449

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC449	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 196, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.142 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead582',
    500: '#dbc449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc449;
$custom-light: #ead582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.548,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81753,
    "c": 0.14183,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC449

secondary

#354493

accent

#59EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC449

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

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