#DBC64E#DBC64E

#DBC64E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.140 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC64E
RGB	rgb(219, 198, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 64.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, -6.40, 60.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 61.12, 96.01°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% -0.0226 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.14 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.7848, 56.0006, 15.3404)
Luminance	0.5600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC64E #4E63DB

analogous

#DB7F4E #DBC64E #A9DB4E

triadic

#DBC64E #4EDBC6 #C64EDB

tetradic

#DBC64E #4EDB7F #4E63DB #DB4EA9

square

#DBC64E #4EDB7F #4E63DB #DB4EA9

split-complementary

#DBC64E #4EA9DB #7F4EDB

monochromatic

#91801E #C4AD28 #DBC64E #E5D681 #F0E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DBC64E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#DBC64E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC64E

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC64E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC64E	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc64e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 198, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.140 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d785',
    500: '#dbc64e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc64e;
$custom-light: #e9d785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc64e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82209,
    "c": 0.13973,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC64E

secondary

#374596

accent

#58E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC64E

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

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