#DBCB53#DBCB53

#DBCB53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.140 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBCB53
RGB	rgb(219, 203, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 62.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.96, -8.64, 60.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.96, 60.72, 98.19°)
OKLab	oklab(83.29% -0.0285 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(83.29% 0.14 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.1327, 58.3986, 16.7079)
Luminance	0.5840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBCB53 #5363DB

analogous

#DB8753 #DBCB53 #A7DB53

triadic

#DBCB53 #53DBCB #CB53DB

tetradic

#DBCB53 #53DB87 #5363DB #DB53A7

square

#DBCB53 #53DB87 #5363DB #DB53A7

split-complementary

#DBCB53 #53A7DB #8753DB

monochromatic

#95871F #C7B52A #DBCB53 #E6DA86 #F0EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DBCB53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#DBCB53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBCB53

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBCB53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBCB53	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)

#DCC545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbcb53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 203, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.140 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9da88',
    500: '#dbcb53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbcb53;
$custom-light: #e9da88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbcb53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8329,
    "c": 0.14009,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBCB53

secondary

#394499

accent

#53E83F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBCB53

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

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