#DBC72E#DBC72E

#DBC72E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.160 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC72E
RGB	rgb(219, 199, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 79%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -8.41, 72.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 72.94, 96.62°)
OKLab	oklab(82.19% -0.0315 0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(82.19% 0.16 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.1324, 56.1065, 10.7732)
Luminance	0.5610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC72E #2E42DB

analogous

#DB712E #DBC72E #98DB2E

triadic

#DBC72E #2EDBC7 #C72EDB

tetradic

#DBC72E #2EDB71 #2E42DB #DB2E98

square

#DBC72E #2EDB71 #2E42DB #DB2E98

split-complementary

#DBC72E #2E98DB #712EDB

monochromatic

#7A6E15 #AE9D1E #DBC72E #E4D562 #EDE396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DBC72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#DBC72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC72E

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC72E	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0C93A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 199, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.160 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd774',
    500: '#dbc72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc72e;
$custom-light: #ebd774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.064,
    "s": 70.612,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82193,
    "c": 0.16012,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC72E

secondary

#2C3681

accent

#4FED3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC72E

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

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