#DBCA57#DBCA57

#DBCA57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.136 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBCA57
RGB	rgb(219, 202, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, -7.87, 58.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 58.64, 97.71°)
OKLab	oklab(83.12% -0.0258 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(83.12% 0.136 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.0562, 57.9914, 17.4664)
Luminance	0.5799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBCA57 #5768DB

analogous

#DB8857 #DBCA57 #AADB57

triadic

#DBCA57 #57DBCA #CA57DB

tetradic

#DBCA57 #57DB88 #5768DB #DB57AA

square

#DBCA57 #57DB88 #5768DB #DB57AA

split-complementary

#DBCA57 #57AADB #8857DB

monochromatic

#978820 #CAB52B #DBCA57 #E6DA89 #F1EABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DBCA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#DBCA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBCA57

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBCA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBCA57	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbca57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 202, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.136 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d98b',
    500: '#dbca57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbca57;
$custom-light: #e9d98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbca57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.273,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83122,
    "c": 0.13596,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBCA57

secondary

#3B479C

accent

#56E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBCA57

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

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