#DBCB5B#DBCB5B

#DBCB5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.133 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBCB5B
RGB	rgb(219, 203, 91)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 58.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, -8.10, 56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 57.24, 98.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.37% -0.026 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(83.37% 0.133 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.4596, 58.5293, 18.4295)
Luminance	0.5853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBCB5B #5B6BDB

analogous

#DB8B5B #DBCB5B #ABDB5B

triadic

#DBCB5B #5BDBCB #CB5BDB

tetradic

#DBCB5B #5BDB8B #5B6BDB #DB5BAB

square

#DBCB5B #5BDB8B #5B6BDB #DB5BAB

split-complementary

#DBCB5B #5BABDB #8B5BDB

monochromatic

#9A8B22 #CCB82D #DBCB5B #E6DB8D #F1EBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DBCB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#DBCB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBCB5B

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBCB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBCB5B	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbcb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 203, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.133 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9da8d',
    500: '#dbcb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbcb5b;
$custom-light: #e9da8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbcb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83371,
    "c": 0.13347,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBCB5B

secondary

#3C489E

accent

#30CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBCB5B

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

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