#DBC55B#DBC55B

#DBC55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.128 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC55B
RGB	rgb(219, 197, 91)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 58.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -5.03, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 55.14, 95.23°)
OKLab	oklab(82.13% -0.0172 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(82.13% 0.128 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.0700, 55.7501, 17.9663)
Luminance	0.5575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC55B #5B71DB

analogous

#DB855B #DBC55B #B1DB5B

triadic

#DBC55B #5BDBC5 #C55BDB

tetradic

#DBC55B #5BDB85 #5B71DB #DB5BB1

square

#DBC55B #5BDB85 #5B71DB #DB5BB1

split-complementary

#DBC55B #5BB1DB #855BDB

monochromatic

#9A8522 #CCB12D #DBC55B #E6D78D #F1E8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DBC55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#DBC55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC55B

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC55B	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)

#D6C150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 197, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.128 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d68d',
    500: '#dbc55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc55b;
$custom-light: #e9d68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.688,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82133,
    "c": 0.12831,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC55B

secondary

#3C4D9E

accent

#38CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC55B

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

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