#DBC94E#DBC94E

#DBC94E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.142 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC94E
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 64.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.40, -7.94, 61.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.40, 62.12, 97.34°)
OKLab	oklab(82.83% -0.027 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(82.83% 0.142 101)
XYZ	xyz(51.4773, 57.3856, 15.5712)
Luminance	0.5738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC94E #4E60DB

analogous

#DB824E #DBC94E #A7DB4E

triadic

#DBC94E #4EDBC9 #C94EDB

tetradic

#DBC94E #4EDB82 #4E60DB #DB4EA7

square

#DBC94E #4EDB82 #4E60DB #DB4EA7

split-complementary

#DBC94E #4EA7DB #824EDB

monochromatic

#91821E #C4B028 #DBC94E #E5D981 #F0E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DBC94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#DBC94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC94E

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC94E	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.142 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d985',
    500: '#dbc94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc94e;
$custom-light: #e9d985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82829,
    "c": 0.14223,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.57383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC94E

secondary

#374396

accent

#54E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC94E

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

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