#DBCA55#DBCA55

#DBCA55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.138 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBCA55
RGB	rgb(219, 202, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.72, -8.00, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.72, 59.51, 97.73°)
OKLab	oklab(83.1% -0.0264 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(83.1% 0.138 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.9757, 57.9591, 17.0420)
Luminance	0.5796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBCA55 #5566DB

analogous

#DB8755 #DBCA55 #A9DB55

triadic

#DBCA55 #55DBCA #CA55DB

tetradic

#DBCA55 #55DB87 #5566DB #DB55A9

square

#DBCA55 #55DB87 #5566DB #DB55A9

split-complementary

#DBCA55 #55A9DB #8755DB

monochromatic

#968720 #C8B42A #DBCA55 #E6DA88 #F0E9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DBCA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#DBCA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBCA55

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBCA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBCA55	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbca55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 202, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.138 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d989',
    500: '#dbca55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbca55;
$custom-light: #e9d989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbca55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.388,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83102,
    "c": 0.1376,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBCA55

secondary

#3A469A

accent

#55E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBCA55

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →