#DBC550#DBC550

#DBC550 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.137 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC550
RGB	rgb(219, 197, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 63.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, -5.77, 59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 59.95, 95.52°)
OKLab	oklab(82.02% -0.0206 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(82.02% 0.137 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.6298, 55.5741, 15.6479)
Luminance	0.5557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC550 #5066DB

analogous

#DB7F50 #DBC550 #ABDB50

triadic

#DBC550 #50DBC5 #C550DB

tetradic

#DBC550 #50DB7F #5066DB #DB50AB

square

#DBC550 #50DB7F #5066DB #DB50AB

split-complementary

#DBC550 #50ABDB #7F50DB

monochromatic

#92801E #C5AC29 #DBC550 #E5D683 #F0E7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DBC550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#DBC550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC550

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC550	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)

#D7C042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 197, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.137 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d686',
    500: '#dbc550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc550;
$custom-light: #e9d686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.504,
    "s": 65.877,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82021,
    "c": 0.13738,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC550

secondary

#384797

accent

#5AE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC550

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

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