#DBC54F#DBC54F

#DBC54F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.138 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC54F
RGB	rgb(219, 197, 79)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 63.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, -5.83, 60.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 60.37, 95.54°)
OKLab	oklab(82.01% -0.0209 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(82.01% 0.138 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.5931, 55.5594, 15.4547)
Luminance	0.5556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC54F #4F65DB

analogous

#DB7F4F #DBC54F #ABDB4F

triadic

#DBC54F #4FDBC5 #C54FDB

tetradic

#DBC54F #4FDB7F #4F65DB #DB4FAB

square

#DBC54F #4FDB7F #4F65DB #DB4FAB

split-complementary

#DBC54F #4FABDB #7F4FDB

monochromatic

#92801E #C5AC28 #DBC54F #E5D682 #F0E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DBC54F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#DBC54F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC54F

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC54F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC54F	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)

#D7C041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc54f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 197, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.138 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d685',
    500: '#dbc54f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc54f;
$custom-light: #e9d685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc54f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.571,
    "s": 66.038,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82012,
    "c": 0.13816,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC54F

secondary

#374697

accent

#5AE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC54F

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

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