#DBC54E#DBC54E

#DBC54E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.139 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC54E
RGB	rgb(219, 197, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 64.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.35, -5.89, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.35, 60.79, 95.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82% -0.0212 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(82% 0.139 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.5570, 55.5449, 15.2645)
Luminance	0.5554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC54E #4E64DB

analogous

#DB7E4E #DBC54E #ABDB4E

triadic

#DBC54E #4EDBC5 #C54EDB

tetradic

#DBC54E #4EDB7E #4E64DB #DB4EAB

square

#DBC54E #4EDB7E #4E64DB #DB4EAB

split-complementary

#DBC54E #4EABDB #7E4EDB

monochromatic

#917F1E #C4AC28 #DBC54E #E5D681 #F0E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DBC54E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#DBC54E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC54E

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC54E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC54E	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc54e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 197, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.139 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d685',
    500: '#dbc54e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc54e;
$custom-light: #e9d685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc54e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.638,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82003,
    "c": 0.13892,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC54E

secondary

#374696

accent

#59E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC54E

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

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