#DBC539#DBC539

#DBC539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.153 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC539
RGB	rgb(219, 197, 57)
HSL	hsl(52, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 74%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, -6.97, 68.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 68.85, 95.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% -0.0265 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.153 100)
XYZ	xyz(49.9206, 55.2904, 11.9127)
Luminance	0.5529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC539 #394FDB

analogous

#DB7439 #DBC539 #A0DB39

triadic

#DBC539 #39DBC5 #C539DB

tetradic

#DBC539 #39DB74 #394FDB #DB39A0

square

#DBC539 #39DB74 #394FDB #DB39A0

split-complementary

#DBC539 #39A0DB #7439DB

monochromatic

#827418 #B6A221 #DBC539 #E4D46D #EEE3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DBC539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#DBC539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC539

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC539	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)

#D8C01F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 197, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.153 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead679',
    500: '#dbc539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc539;
$custom-light: #ead679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.852,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8184,
    "c": 0.15292,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.55288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC539

secondary

#2F3C89

accent

#54EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC539

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

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