#DBC939#DBC939

#DBC939 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.156 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC939
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 74%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.25, -9.01, 69.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.25, 70.06, 97.39°)
OKLab	oklab(82.67% -0.0322 0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(82.67% 0.156 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.8409, 57.1310, 12.2195)
Luminance	0.5713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC939 #394BDB

analogous

#DB7839 #DBC939 #9CDB39

triadic

#DBC939 #39DBC9 #C939DB

tetradic

#DBC939 #39DB78 #394BDB #DB399C

square

#DBC939 #39DB78 #394BDB #DB399C

split-complementary

#DBC939 #399CDB #7839DB

monochromatic

#827618 #B6A521 #DBC939 #E4D76D #EEE5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DBC939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#DBC939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC939

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC939	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC31D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CA43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.156 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead97a',
    500: '#dbc939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc939;
$custom-light: #ead97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8267,
    "c": 0.15608,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC939

secondary

#2F3989

accent

#4FEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC939

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

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