#DBC94F#DBC94F

#DBC94F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.141 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC94F
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 79)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 63.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.40, -7.88, 61.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.40, 61.71, 97.33°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% -0.0267 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.141 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.5135, 57.4000, 15.7615)
Luminance	0.5740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC94F #4F61DB

analogous

#DB834F #DBC94F #A7DB4F

triadic

#DBC94F #4FDBC9 #C94FDB

tetradic

#DBC94F #4FDB83 #4F61DB #DB4FA7

square

#DBC94F #4FDB83 #4F61DB #DB4FA7

split-complementary

#DBC94F #4FA7DB #834FDB

monochromatic

#92831E #C5B028 #DBC94F #E5D982 #F0E8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DBC94F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#DBC94F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC94F

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC94F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC94F	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)

#DBC340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc94f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.141 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d986',
    500: '#dbc94f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc94f;
$custom-light: #e9d986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc94f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.286,
    "s": 66.038,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82838,
    "c": 0.14147,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC94F

secondary

#374497

accent

#55E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC94F

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

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