#DBC55E#DBC55E

#DBC55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.126 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC55E
RGB	rgb(219, 197, 94)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 57.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -4.81, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 53.78, 95.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.17% -0.0162 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(82.17% 0.126 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.2020, 55.8029, 18.6615)
Luminance	0.5580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC55E #5E74DB

analogous

#DB875E #DBC55E #B3DB5E

triadic

#DBC55E #5EDBC5 #C55EDB

tetradic

#DBC55E #5EDB87 #5E74DB #DB5EB3

square

#DBC55E #5EDB87 #5E74DB #DB5EB3

split-complementary

#DBC55E #5EB3DB #875EDB

monochromatic

#9C8623 #CEB22E #DBC55E #E6D790 #F1E9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DBC55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#DBC55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC55E

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC55E	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)

#D6C154

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 197, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.126 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d68f',
    500: '#dbc55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc55e;
$custom-light: #e9d68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.44,
    "s": 63.452,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82167,
    "c": 0.12566,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC55E

secondary

#3D4FA0

accent

#39CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC55E

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

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