#DBCB57#DBCB57

#DBCB57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.137 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBCB57
RGB	rgb(219, 203, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.00, -8.38, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.00, 59.00, 98.17°)
OKLab	oklab(83.33% -0.0273 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(83.33% 0.137 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.2916, 58.4621, 17.5448)
Luminance	0.5846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBCB57 #5767DB

analogous

#DB8957 #DBCB57 #A9DB57

triadic

#DBCB57 #57DBCB #CB57DB

tetradic

#DBCB57 #57DB89 #5767DB #DB57A9

square

#DBCB57 #57DB89 #5767DB #DB57A9

split-complementary

#DBCB57 #57A9DB #8957DB

monochromatic

#978920 #CAB62B #DBCB57 #E6DB89 #F1EABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DBCB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#DBCB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBCB57

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBCB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBCB57	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	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)

#DCC54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbcb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 203, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.137 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9da8b',
    500: '#dbcb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbcb57;
$custom-light: #e9da8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbcb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83329,
    "c": 0.13684,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBCB57

secondary

#3B469C

accent

#54E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBCB57

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

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