#DBC953#DBC953

#DBC953 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.138 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC953
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 83)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 62.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.44, -7.62, 59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.44, 60.02, 97.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.88% -0.0256 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(82.88% 0.138 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.6635, 57.4600, 16.5515)
Luminance	0.5746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC953 #5365DB

analogous

#DB8553 #DBC953 #A9DB53

triadic

#DBC953 #53DBC9 #C953DB

tetradic

#DBC953 #53DB85 #5365DB #DB53A9

square

#DBC953 #53DB85 #5365DB #DB53A9

split-complementary

#DBC953 #53A9DB #8553DB

monochromatic

#95851F #C7B22A #DBC953 #E6D986 #F0E9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DBC953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#DBC953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC953

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC953	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.138 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d988',
    500: '#dbc953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc953;
$custom-light: #e9d988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.059,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82875,
    "c": 0.13834,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC953

secondary

#394699

accent

#56E83F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC953

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

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