#DBC853#DBC853

#DBC853 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.137 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC853
RGB	rgb(219, 200, 83)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 62.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, -7.11, 59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 59.68, 96.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.67% -0.0241 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(82.67% 0.137 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.4311, 56.9953, 16.4740)
Luminance	0.5699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC853 #5366DB

analogous

#DB8453 #DBC853 #AADB53

triadic

#DBC853 #53DBC8 #C853DB

tetradic

#DBC853 #53DB84 #5366DB #DB53AA

square

#DBC853 #53DB84 #5366DB #DB53AA

split-complementary

#DBC853 #53AADB #8453DB

monochromatic

#95841F #C7B12A #DBC853 #E6D886 #F0E8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DBC853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#DBC853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC853

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC853	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)

#DAC346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 200, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.137 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d888',
    500: '#dbc853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc853;
$custom-light: #e9d888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.618,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82669,
    "c": 0.13749,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC853

secondary

#394699

accent

#57E83F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC853

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

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