#DBC453#DBC453

#DBC453 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.134 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC453
RGB	rgb(219, 196, 83)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 62.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, -5.06, 58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 58.34, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.0182 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.134 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.5168, 55.1668, 16.1693)
Luminance	0.5516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC453 #536ADB

analogous

#DB8053 #DBC453 #AEDB53

triadic

#DBC453 #53DBC4 #C453DB

tetradic

#DBC453 #53DB80 #536ADB #DB53AE

square

#DBC453 #53DB80 #536ADB #DB53AE

split-complementary

#DBC453 #53AEDB #8053DB

monochromatic

#95811F #C7AC2A #DBC453 #E6D586 #F0E7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DBC453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#DBC453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC453

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC453	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 196, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.134 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d588',
    500: '#dbc453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc453;
$custom-light: #e9d588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.853,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81845,
    "c": 0.1342,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC453

secondary

#394999

accent

#5CE83F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC453

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

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