#DBC955#DBC955

#DBC955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.137 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC955
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.46, -7.49, 58.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.46, 59.16, 97.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% -0.025 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.137 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.7418, 57.4914, 16.9640)
Luminance	0.5749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC955 #5567DB

analogous

#DB8655 #DBC955 #AADB55

triadic

#DBC955 #55DBC9 #C955DB

tetradic

#DBC955 #55DB86 #5567DB #DB55AA

square

#DBC955 #55DB86 #5567DB #DB55AA

split-complementary

#DBC955 #55AADB #8655DB

monochromatic

#968620 #C8B32A #DBC955 #E6D988 #F0E9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DBC955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#DBC955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC955

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC955	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.137 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d989',
    500: '#dbc955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc955;
$custom-light: #e9d989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.94,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82895,
    "c": 0.13673,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC955

secondary

#3A479A

accent

#56E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC955

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

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