#DBCB52#DBCB52

#DBCB52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.141 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBCB52
RGB	rgb(219, 203, 82)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 62.6%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.95, -8.71, 60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.95, 61.14, 98.19°)
OKLab	oklab(83.28% -0.0288 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(83.28% 0.141 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.0944, 58.3832, 16.5060)
Luminance	0.5838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBCB52 #5262DB

analogous

#DB8752 #DBCB52 #A7DB52

triadic

#DBCB52 #52DBCB #CB52DB

tetradic

#DBCB52 #52DB87 #5262DB #DB52A7

square

#DBCB52 #52DB87 #5262DB #DB52A7

split-complementary

#DBCB52 #52A7DB #8752DB

monochromatic

#94861F #C6B429 #DBCB52 #E6DA85 #F0E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DBCB52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#DBCB52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBCB52

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBCB52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBCB52	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbcb52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 203, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.141 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9da88',
    500: '#dbcb52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbcb52;
$custom-light: #e9da88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbcb52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.993,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83281,
    "c": 0.14088,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBCB52

secondary

#394499

accent

#53E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBCB52

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

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