#DBC44A#DBC44A

#DBC44A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.141 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC44A
RGB	rgb(219, 196, 74)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 66.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.06, -5.61, 61.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.06, 62.12, 95.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% -0.0208 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.141 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.1916, 55.0367, 14.4566)
Luminance	0.5503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC44A #4A61DB

analogous

#DB7C4A #DBC44A #A9DB4A

triadic

#DBC44A #4ADBC4 #C44ADB

tetradic

#DBC44A #4ADB7C #4A61DB #DB4AA9

square

#DBC44A #4ADB7C #4A61DB #DB4AA9

split-complementary

#DBC44A #4AA9DB #7C4ADB

monochromatic

#8E7C1C #C1A926 #DBC44A #E5D57D #EFE5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DBC44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#DBC44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC44A

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC44A	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 196, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.141 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead582',
    500: '#dbc44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc44a;
$custom-light: #ead582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.483,
    "s": 66.82,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81761,
    "c": 0.14111,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC44A

secondary

#364494

accent

#59EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC44A

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

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