#DBC55F#DBC55F

#DBC55F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.125 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC55F
RGB	rgb(219, 197, 95)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 56.6%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, -4.73, 53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 53.32, 95.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% -0.0159 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.125 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.2472, 55.8210, 18.8994)
Luminance	0.5582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC55F #5F75DB

analogous

#DB875F #DBC55F #B3DB5F

triadic

#DBC55F #5FDBC5 #C55FDB

tetradic

#DBC55F #5FDB87 #5F75DB #DB5FB3

square

#DBC55F #5FDB87 #5F75DB #DB5FB3

split-complementary

#DBC55F #5FB3DB #875FDB

monochromatic

#9C8723 #CEB22E #DBC55F #E6D791 #F1E9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DBC55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#DBC55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC55F

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC55F	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)

#D6C155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 197, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.125 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d68f',
    500: '#dbc55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc55f;
$custom-light: #e9d68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.355,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82178,
    "c": 0.12477,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC55F

secondary

#3E4FA0

accent

#3ACB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC55F

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

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