#DBCA56#DBCA56

#DBCA56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.137 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBCA56
RGB	rgb(219, 202, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.72, -7.94, 58.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.72, 59.08, 97.72°)
OKLab	oklab(83.11% -0.0261 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(83.11% 0.137 101)
XYZ	xyz(52.0157, 57.9751, 17.2527)
Luminance	0.5797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBCA56 #5667DB

analogous

#DB8856 #DBCA56 #A9DB56

triadic

#DBCA56 #56DBCA #CA56DB

tetradic

#DBCA56 #56DB88 #5667DB #DB56A9

square

#DBCA56 #56DB88 #5667DB #DB56A9

split-complementary

#DBCA56 #56A9DB #8856DB

monochromatic

#978720 #C9B52B #DBCA56 #E6DA88 #F0EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DBCA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#DBCA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBCA56

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBCA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBCA56	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)

#DBC449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbca56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 202, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.137 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d98a',
    500: '#dbca56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbca56;
$custom-light: #e9d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbca56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.331,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83112,
    "c": 0.13679,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.57973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBCA56

secondary

#3A479B

accent

#55E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBCA56

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

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