#DBC948#DBC948

#DBC948 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.147 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC948
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 72)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 67.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.35, -8.28, 64.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.35, 64.55, 97.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.78% -0.0287 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(82.78% 0.147 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.2720, 57.3034, 14.4896)
Luminance	0.5730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC948 #485ADB

analogous

#DB8048 #DBC948 #A4DB48

triadic

#DBC948 #48DBC9 #C948DB

tetradic

#DBC948 #48DB80 #485ADB #DB48A4

square

#DBC948 #48DB80 #485ADB #DB48A4

split-complementary

#DBC948 #48A4DB #8048DB

monochromatic

#8D7F1C #C0AD26 #DBC948 #E5D87B #EFE7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DBC948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#DBC948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC948

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC948	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.147 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead982',
    500: '#dbc948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc948;
$custom-light: #ead982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.653,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82778,
    "c": 0.1466,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC948

secondary

#354092

accent

#53EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC948

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

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