#DBC74D#DBC74D

#DBC74D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.141 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC74D
RGB	rgb(219, 199, 77)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 64.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.87, -6.97, 61.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.87, 61.86, 96.47°)
OKLab	oklab(82.41% -0.0244 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(82.41% 0.141 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.9786, 56.4450, 15.2295)
Luminance	0.5644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC74D #4D61DB

analogous

#DB804D #DBC74D #A8DB4D

triadic

#DBC74D #4DDBC7 #C74DDB

tetradic

#DBC74D #4DDB80 #4D61DB #DB4DA8

square

#DBC74D #4DDB80 #4D61DB #DB4DA8

split-complementary

#DBC74D #4DA8DB #804DDB

monochromatic

#90801D #C3AD27 #DBC74D #E5D780 #F0E7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DBC74D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#DBC74D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC74D

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC74D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC74D	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)

#D9C23E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc74d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 199, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.141 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d784',
    500: '#dbc74d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc74d;
$custom-light: #e9d784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc74d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.549,
    "s": 66.355,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82406,
    "c": 0.1413,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC74D

secondary

#374496

accent

#57E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC74D

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

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