#DBCC52#DBCC52

#DBCC52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.142 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBCC52
RGB	rgb(219, 204, 82)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 62.6%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.21, -9.22, 60.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.21, 61.49, 98.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.49% -0.0302 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(83.49% 0.142 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.3313, 58.8571, 16.5850)
Luminance	0.5886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBCC52 #5261DB

analogous

#DB8852 #DBCC52 #A6DB52

triadic

#DBCC52 #52DBCC #CC52DB

tetradic

#DBCC52 #52DB88 #5261DB #DB52A6

square

#DBCC52 #52DB88 #5261DB #DB52A6

split-complementary

#DBCC52 #52A6DB #8852DB

monochromatic

#94871F #C6B529 #DBCC52 #E6DB85 #F0EAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DBCC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#DBCC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBCC52

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBCC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBCC52	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbcc52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 204, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.142 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9db88',
    500: '#dbcc52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbcc52;
$custom-light: #e9db88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbcc52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.431,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83488,
    "c": 0.14176,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBCC52

secondary

#394399

accent

#52E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBCC52

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

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