#DBC950#DBC950

#DBC950 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.141 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC950
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 80)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 63.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.41, -7.81, 60.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.41, 61.29, 97.33°)
OKLab	oklab(82.85% -0.0264 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(82.85% 0.141 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.5501, 57.4147, 15.9546)
Luminance	0.5741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC950 #5062DB

analogous

#DB8350 #DBC950 #A7DB50

triadic

#DBC950 #50DBC9 #C950DB

tetradic

#DBC950 #50DB83 #5062DB #DB50A7

square

#DBC950 #50DB83 #5062DB #DB50A7

split-complementary

#DBC950 #50A7DB #8350DB

monochromatic

#92831E #C5B129 #DBC950 #E5D983 #F0E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DBC950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#DBC950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC950

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC950	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)

#DBC341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.141 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d986',
    500: '#dbc950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc950;
$custom-light: #e9d986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.23,
    "s": 65.877,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82847,
    "c": 0.1407,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC950

secondary

#384497

accent

#55E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC950

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

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