#DBC555#DBC555

#DBC555 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.133 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC555
RGB	rgb(219, 197, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -5.44, 57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 57.80, 95.40°)
OKLab	oklab(82.07% -0.0191 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(82.07% 0.133 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.8215, 55.6507, 16.6573)
Luminance	0.5565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC555 #556BDB

analogous

#DB8255 #DBC555 #AEDB55

triadic

#DBC555 #55DBC5 #C555DB

tetradic

#DBC555 #55DB82 #556BDB #DB55AE

square

#DBC555 #55DB82 #556BDB #DB55AE

split-complementary

#DBC555 #55AEDB #8255DB

monochromatic

#968220 #C8AE2A #DBC555 #E6D688 #F0E7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DBC555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#DBC555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC555

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC555	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 197, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.133 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d689',
    500: '#dbc555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc555;
$custom-light: #e9d689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.149,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8207,
    "c": 0.13338,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC555

secondary

#3A4A9A

accent

#5BE840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC555

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

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