#DBC44F#DBC44F

#DBC44F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.137 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC44F
RGB	rgb(219, 196, 79)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 63.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.10, -5.31, 59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.10, 60.05, 95.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.0194 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.137 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.3668, 55.1068, 15.3793)
Luminance	0.5510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC44F #4F66DB

analogous

#DB7E4F #DBC44F #ACDB4F

triadic

#DBC44F #4FDBC4 #C44FDB

tetradic

#DBC44F #4FDB7E #4F66DB #DB4FAC

square

#DBC44F #4FDB7E #4F66DB #DB4FAC

split-complementary

#DBC44F #4FACDB #7E4FDB

monochromatic

#927F1E #C5AB28 #DBC44F #E5D582 #F0E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DBC44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#DBC44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC44F

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC44F	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 196, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.137 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d585',
    500: '#dbc44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc44f;
$custom-light: #e9d585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.143,
    "s": 66.038,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81806,
    "c": 0.13736,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC44F

secondary

#374797

accent

#5BE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC44F

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

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