#DBC455#DBC455

#DBC455 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.133 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC455
RGB	rgb(219, 196, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -4.93, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 57.47, 94.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.0176 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.133 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.5951, 55.1981, 16.5818)
Luminance	0.5520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC455 #556CDB

analogous

#DB8155 #DBC455 #AFDB55

triadic

#DBC455 #55DBC4 #C455DB

tetradic

#DBC455 #55DB81 #556CDB #DB55AF

square

#DBC455 #55DB81 #556CDB #DB55AF

split-complementary

#DBC455 #55AFDB #8155DB

monochromatic

#968220 #C8AD2A #DBC455 #E6D688 #F0E7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DBC455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#DBC455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC455

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC455	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 196, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.133 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d589',
    500: '#dbc455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc455;
$custom-light: #e9d589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.701,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81865,
    "c": 0.13258,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC455

secondary

#3A4A9A

accent

#5DE840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC455

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

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