#DBC55A#DBC55A

#DBC55A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.129 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC55A
RGB	rgb(219, 197, 90)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 58.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, -5.10, 55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 55.59, 95.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.12% -0.0175 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(82.12% 0.129 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.0272, 55.7330, 17.7406)
Luminance	0.5573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC55A #5A70DB

analogous

#DB845A #DBC55A #B1DB5A

triadic

#DBC55A #5ADBC5 #C55ADB

tetradic

#DBC55A #5ADB84 #5A70DB #DB5AB1

square

#DBC55A #5ADB84 #5A70DB #DB5AB1

split-complementary

#DBC55A #5AB1DB #845ADB

monochromatic

#998521 #CBB02C #DBC55A #E6D78C #F1E8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DBC55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#DBC55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC55A

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC55A	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 197, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.129 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d68c',
    500: '#dbc55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc55a;
$custom-light: #e9d68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.767,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82122,
    "c": 0.12918,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC55A

secondary

#3C4C9D

accent

#38CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC55A

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

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