#DBC45C#DBC45C

#DBC45C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.127 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC45C
RGB	rgb(219, 196, 92)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 58%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.22, -4.44, 54.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.22, 54.35, 94.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.0154 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.127 97)
XYZ	xyz(50.8871, 55.3149, 18.1196)
Luminance	0.5531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC45C #5C73DB

analogous

#DB845C #DBC45C #B2DB5C

triadic

#DBC45C #5CDBC4 #C45CDB

tetradic

#DBC45C #5CDB84 #5C73DB #DB5CB2

square

#DBC45C #5CDB84 #5C73DB #DB5CB2

split-complementary

#DBC45C #5CB2DB #845CDB

monochromatic

#9A8522 #CDB02D #DBC45C #E6D68E #F1E8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DBC45C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#DBC45C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC45C

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC45C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC45C	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc45c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 196, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.127 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d58d',
    500: '#dbc45c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc45c;
$custom-light: #e9d58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc45c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.134,
    "s": 63.819,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81939,
    "c": 0.12662,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.55313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC45C

secondary

#3D4E9F

accent

#3ACC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC45C

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

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