#DBCB55#DBCB55

#DBCB55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.138 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBCB55
RGB	rgb(219, 203, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.98, -8.51, 59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.98, 59.86, 98.18°)
OKLab	oklab(83.31% -0.0279 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(83.31% 0.138 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.2110, 58.4299, 17.1205)
Luminance	0.5843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBCB55 #5565DB

analogous

#DB8855 #DBCB55 #A8DB55

triadic

#DBCB55 #55DBCB #CB55DB

tetradic

#DBCB55 #55DB88 #5565DB #DB55A8

square

#DBCB55 #55DB88 #5565DB #DB55A8

split-complementary

#DBCB55 #55A8DB #8855DB

monochromatic

#968820 #C8B62A #DBCB55 #E6DA88 #F0EABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DBCB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#DBCB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBCB55

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBCB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBCB55	1.00	1.66	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbcb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 203, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.138 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9da8a',
    500: '#dbcb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbcb55;
$custom-light: #e9da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbcb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.836,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83309,
    "c": 0.13849,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBCB55

secondary

#3A459A

accent

#54E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBCB55

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

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