#DBC74A#DBC74A

#DBC74A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.144 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC74A
RGB	rgb(219, 199, 74)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 66.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.84, -7.15, 62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.84, 63.09, 96.51°)
OKLab	oklab(82.38% -0.0252 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(82.38% 0.144 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.8751, 56.4036, 14.6844)
Luminance	0.5640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC74A #4A5EDB

analogous

#DB7E4A #DBC74A #A7DB4A

triadic

#DBC74A #4ADBC7 #C74ADB

tetradic

#DBC74A #4ADB7E #4A5EDB #DB4AA7

square

#DBC74A #4ADB7E #4A5EDB #DB4AA7

split-complementary

#DBC74A #4AA7DB #7E4ADB

monochromatic

#8E7F1C #C1AC26 #DBC74A #E5D77D #EFE7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DBC74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#DBC74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC74A

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC74A	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C23A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 199, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.144 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead783',
    500: '#dbc74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc74a;
$custom-light: #ead783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 66.82,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8238,
    "c": 0.14351,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC74A

secondary

#364394

accent

#56EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC74A

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

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