#DBC55C#DBC55C

#DBC55C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.127 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC55C
RGB	rgb(219, 197, 92)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 58%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, -4.96, 54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 54.69, 95.20°)
OKLab	oklab(82.14% -0.0169 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(82.14% 0.127 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.1134, 55.7675, 18.1950)
Luminance	0.5576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC55C #5C72DB

analogous

#DB855C #DBC55C #B1DB5C

triadic

#DBC55C #5CDBC5 #C55CDB

tetradic

#DBC55C #5CDB85 #5C72DB #DB5CB1

square

#DBC55C #5CDB85 #5C72DB #DB5CB1

split-complementary

#DBC55C #5CB1DB #855CDB

monochromatic

#9A8622 #CDB12D #DBC55C #E6D78E #F1E9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DBC55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#DBC55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC55C

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC55C	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)

#D6C151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 197, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.127 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d68d',
    500: '#dbc55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc55c;
$custom-light: #e9d68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.606,
    "s": 63.819,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82144,
    "c": 0.12743,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC55C

secondary

#3D4E9F

accent

#39CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC55C

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

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