#DBC74F#DBC74F

#DBC74F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.140 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC74F
RGB	rgb(219, 199, 79)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 63.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.88, -6.85, 60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.88, 61.03, 96.45°)
OKLab	oklab(82.42% -0.0238 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(82.42% 0.14 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.0503, 56.4737, 15.6071)
Luminance	0.5647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC74F #4F63DB

analogous

#DB814F #DBC74F #A9DB4F

triadic

#DBC74F #4FDBC7 #C74FDB

tetradic

#DBC74F #4FDB81 #4F63DB #DB4FA9

square

#DBC74F #4FDB81 #4F63DB #DB4FA9

split-complementary

#DBC74F #4FA9DB #814FDB

monochromatic

#92811E #C5AE28 #DBC74F #E5D782 #F0E7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DBC74F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#DBC74F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC74F

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC74F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC74F	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)

#D9C240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc74f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 199, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.140 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d786',
    500: '#dbc74f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc74f;
$custom-light: #e9d786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc74f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 66.038,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82424,
    "c": 0.13978,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC74F

secondary

#374597

accent

#57E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC74F

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

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