#DBC45D#DBC45D

#DBC45D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.126 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC45D
RGB	rgb(219, 196, 93)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 57.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.23, -4.37, 53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.23, 53.90, 94.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.0151 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.126 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.9311, 55.3325, 18.3513)
Luminance	0.5533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC45D #5D74DB

analogous

#DB855D #DBC45D #B3DB5D

triadic

#DBC45D #5DDBC4 #C45DDB

tetradic

#DBC45D #5DDB85 #5D74DB #DB5DB3

square

#DBC45D #5DDB85 #5D74DB #DB5DB3

split-complementary

#DBC45D #5DB3DB #855DDB

monochromatic

#9B8522 #CDB02E #DBC45D #E6D68F #F1E8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DBC45D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#DBC45D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC45D

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC45D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC45D	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc45d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 196, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.126 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d58e',
    500: '#dbc45d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc45d;
$custom-light: #e9d58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc45d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.048,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81951,
    "c": 0.12574,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC45D

secondary

#3D4F9F

accent

#3ACB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC45D

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

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