#DBC557#DBC557

#DBC557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.132 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC557
RGB	rgb(219, 197, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.43, -5.31, 56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.43, 56.92, 95.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.09% -0.0185 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(82.09% 0.132 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.9020, 55.6830, 17.0816)
Luminance	0.5568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC557 #576DDB

analogous

#DB8357 #DBC557 #AFDB57

triadic

#DBC557 #57DBC5 #C557DB

tetradic

#DBC557 #57DB83 #576DDB #DB57AF

square

#DBC557 #57DB83 #576DDB #DB57AF

split-complementary

#DBC557 #57AFDB #8357DB

monochromatic

#978320 #CAAF2B #DBC557 #E6D689 #F1E8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DBC557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#DBC557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC557

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC557	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 197, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.132 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d68a',
    500: '#dbc557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc557;
$custom-light: #e9d68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82091,
    "c": 0.13172,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC557

secondary

#3B4B9C

accent

#5CE840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC557

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

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