#DBC55D#DBC55D

#DBC55D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.127 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC55D
RGB	rgb(219, 197, 93)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 57.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.49, -4.88, 54.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.49, 54.23, 95.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% -0.0166 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.127 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.1574, 55.7851, 18.4267)
Luminance	0.5578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC55D #5D73DB

analogous

#DB865D #DBC55D #B2DB5D

triadic

#DBC55D #5DDBC5 #C55DDB

tetradic

#DBC55D #5DDB86 #5D73DB #DB5DB2

square

#DBC55D #5DDB86 #5D73DB #DB5DB2

split-complementary

#DBC55D #5DB2DB #865DDB

monochromatic

#9B8622 #CDB12E #DBC55D #E6D78F #F1E9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DBC55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#DBC55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC55D

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC55D	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 197, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.127 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d68e',
    500: '#dbc55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc55d;
$custom-light: #e9d68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.524,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82156,
    "c": 0.12656,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC55D

secondary

#3D4E9F

accent

#39CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC55D

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

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