#DBC553#DBC553

#DBC553 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.135 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC553
RGB	rgb(219, 197, 83)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 62.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.40, -5.58, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.40, 58.67, 95.45°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% -0.0197 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.135 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.7431, 55.6194, 16.2447)
Luminance	0.5562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC553 #5369DB

analogous

#DB8153 #DBC553 #ADDB53

triadic

#DBC553 #53DBC5 #C553DB

tetradic

#DBC553 #53DB81 #5369DB #DB53AD

square

#DBC553 #53DB81 #5369DB #DB53AD

split-complementary

#DBC553 #53ADDB #8153DB

monochromatic

#95821F #C7AE2A #DBC553 #E6D686 #F0E7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DBC553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#DBC553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC553

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC553	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)

#D7C046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 197, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.135 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d688',
    500: '#dbc553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc553;
$custom-light: #e9d688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.294,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8205,
    "c": 0.13501,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC553

secondary

#394999

accent

#5BE83F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC553

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

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