#DBC82E#DBC82E

#DBC82E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.161 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC82E
RGB	rgb(219, 200, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 79%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, -8.92, 72.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 73.23, 96.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.4% -0.033 0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(82.4% 0.161 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.3633, 56.5682, 10.8502)
Luminance	0.5657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC82E #2E41DB

analogous

#DB712E #DBC82E #98DB2E

triadic

#DBC82E #2EDBC8 #C82EDB

tetradic

#DBC82E #2EDB71 #2E41DB #DB2E98

square

#DBC82E #2EDB71 #2E41DB #DB2E98

split-complementary

#DBC82E #2E98DB #712EDB

monochromatic

#7A6F15 #AE9E1E #DBC82E #E4D662 #EDE396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DBC82E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#DBC82E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC82E

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC82E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC82E	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc82e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 200, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.161 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd875',
    500: '#dbc82e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc82e;
$custom-light: #ebd875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc82e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.41,
    "s": 70.612,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82401,
    "c": 0.16089,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC82E

secondary

#2C3581

accent

#4EED3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC82E

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

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