#DBC74C#DBC74C

#DBC74C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.142 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC74C
RGB	rgb(219, 199, 76)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 65.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, -7.03, 61.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 62.27, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(82.4% -0.0247 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(82.4% 0.142 100)
XYZ	xyz(50.9435, 56.4310, 15.0449)
Luminance	0.5643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC74C #4C60DB

analogous

#DB7F4C #DBC74C #A8DB4C

triadic

#DBC74C #4CDBC7 #C74CDB

tetradic

#DBC74C #4CDB7F #4C60DB #DB4CA8

square

#DBC74C #4CDB7F #4C60DB #DB4CA8

split-complementary

#DBC74C #4CA8DB #7F4CDB

monochromatic

#90801D #C3AD27 #DBC74C #E5D77F #EFE7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DBC74C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#DBC74C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC74C

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC74C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC74C	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 199, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.142 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead784',
    500: '#dbc74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc74c;
$custom-light: #ead784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.608,
    "s": 66.512,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82397,
    "c": 0.14205,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.56429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC74C

secondary

#364495

accent

#56E93E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC74C

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

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