#DBC44B#DBC44B

#DBC44B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.140 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC44B
RGB	rgb(219, 196, 75)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 65.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.07, -5.55, 61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.07, 61.71, 95.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.0206 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.14 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.2256, 55.0503, 14.6354)
Luminance	0.5505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC44B #4B62DB

analogous

#DB7C4B #DBC44B #AADB4B

triadic

#DBC44B #4BDBC4 #C44BDB

tetradic

#DBC44B #4BDB7C #4B62DB #DB4BAA

square

#DBC44B #4BDB7C #4B62DB #DB4BAA

split-complementary

#DBC44B #4BAADB #7C4BDB

monochromatic

#8F7D1D #C2A927 #DBC44B #E5D57E #EFE5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DBC44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#DBC44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC44B

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC44B	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)

#D6BF3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 196, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.140 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead583',
    500: '#dbc44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc44b;
$custom-light: #ead583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.417,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8177,
    "c": 0.14037,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC44B

secondary

#364594

accent

#5AEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC44B

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

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