#DBC552#DBC552

#DBC552 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.136 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC552
RGB	rgb(219, 197, 82)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 62.6%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.39, -5.64, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.39, 59.10, 95.48°)
OKLab	oklab(82.04% -0.02 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(82.04% 0.136 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.7048, 55.6041, 16.0428)
Luminance	0.5560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC552 #5268DB

analogous

#DB8152 #DBC552 #ADDB52

triadic

#DBC552 #52DBC5 #C552DB

tetradic

#DBC552 #52DB81 #5268DB #DB52AD

square

#DBC552 #52DB81 #5268DB #DB52AD

split-complementary

#DBC552 #52ADDB #8152DB

monochromatic

#94811F #C6AD29 #DBC552 #E6D685 #F0E7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DBC552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#DBC552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC552

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC552	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 197, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.136 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d687',
    500: '#dbc552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc552;
$custom-light: #e9d687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.365,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8204,
    "c": 0.1358,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC552

secondary

#394899

accent

#5AE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC552

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

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