#DBC852#DBC852

#DBC852 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.138 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC852
RGB	rgb(219, 200, 82)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 62.6%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -7.18, 59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 60.10, 96.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82.66% -0.0244 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(82.66% 0.138 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.3928, 56.9800, 16.2722)
Luminance	0.5698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC852 #5265DB

analogous

#DB8452 #DBC852 #AADB52

triadic

#DBC852 #52DBC8 #C852DB

tetradic

#DBC852 #52DB84 #5265DB #DB52AA

square

#DBC852 #52DB84 #5265DB #DB52AA

split-complementary

#DBC852 #52AADB #8452DB

monochromatic

#94841F #C6B129 #DBC852 #E6D885 #F0E8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DBC852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#DBC852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC852

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC852	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC344

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 200, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.138 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d887',
    500: '#dbc852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc852;
$custom-light: #e9d887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.679,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82659,
    "c": 0.13829,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC852

secondary

#394699

accent

#57E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC852

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

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