#DBC457#DBC457

#DBC457 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.131 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC457
RGB	rgb(219, 196, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, -4.79, 56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 56.59, 94.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.017 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.131 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.6757, 55.2303, 17.0062)
Luminance	0.5523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC457 #576EDB

analogous

#DB8257 #DBC457 #B0DB57

triadic

#DBC457 #57DBC4 #C457DB

tetradic

#DBC457 #57DB82 #576EDB #DB57B0

square

#DBC457 #57DB82 #576EDB #DB57B0

split-complementary

#DBC457 #57B0DB #8257DB

monochromatic

#978220 #CAAE2B #DBC457 #E6D689 #F1E7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DBC457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#DBC457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC457

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC457	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 196, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.131 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d58a',
    500: '#dbc457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc457;
$custom-light: #e9d58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.545,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81885,
    "c": 0.13091,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC457

secondary

#3B4B9C

accent

#5DE840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC457

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

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