#DBC957#DBC957

#DBC957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.135 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC957
RGB	rgb(219, 201, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, -7.36, 57.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 58.29, 97.25°)
OKLab	oklab(82.92% -0.0244 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(82.92% 0.135 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.8224, 57.5236, 17.3884)
Luminance	0.5752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC957 #5769DB

analogous

#DB8757 #DBC957 #ABDB57

triadic

#DBC957 #57DBC9 #C957DB

tetradic

#DBC957 #57DB87 #5769DB #DB57AB

square

#DBC957 #57DB87 #5769DB #DB57AB

split-complementary

#DBC957 #57ABDB #8757DB

monochromatic

#978720 #CAB42B #DBC957 #E6D989 #F1E9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DBC957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#DBC957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC957

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC957	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)

#DAC44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.135 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d98b',
    500: '#dbc957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc957;
$custom-light: #e9d98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82915,
    "c": 0.13508,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC957

secondary

#3B489C

accent

#57E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC957

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

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