#DBC74B#DBC74B

#DBC74B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.143 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC74B
RGB	rgb(219, 199, 75)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 65.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.85, -7.09, 62.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.85, 62.68, 96.50°)
OKLab	oklab(82.39% -0.0249 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(82.39% 0.143 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.9090, 56.4172, 14.8633)
Luminance	0.5642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC74B #4B5FDB

analogous

#DB7F4B #DBC74B #A7DB4B

triadic

#DBC74B #4BDBC7 #C74BDB

tetradic

#DBC74B #4BDB7F #4B5FDB #DB4BA7

square

#DBC74B #4BDB7F #4B5FDB #DB4BA7

split-complementary

#DBC74B #4BA7DB #7F4BDB

monochromatic

#8F7F1D #C2AC27 #DBC74B #E5D77E #EFE7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DBC74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#DBC74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC74B

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC74B	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)

#D9C23B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 199, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.143 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead783',
    500: '#dbc74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc74b;
$custom-light: #ead783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82389,
    "c": 0.14279,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC74B

secondary

#364394

accent

#56EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC74B

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

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