#DBCC53#DBCC53

#DBCC53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.141 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBCC53
RGB	rgb(219, 204, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 62.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.22, -9.15, 60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.22, 61.07, 98.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% -0.0299 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.141 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.3696, 58.8724, 16.7869)
Luminance	0.5887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBCC53 #5362DB

analogous

#DB8853 #DBCC53 #A6DB53

triadic

#DBCC53 #53DBCC #CC53DB

tetradic

#DBCC53 #53DB88 #5362DB #DB53A6

square

#DBCC53 #53DB88 #5362DB #DB53A6

split-complementary

#DBCC53 #53A6DB #8853DB

monochromatic

#95881F #C7B62A #DBCC53 #E6DB86 #F0EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DBCC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#DBCC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBCC53

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBCC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBCC53	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)

#DDC645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbcc53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 204, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.141 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9db88',
    500: '#dbcc53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbcc53;
$custom-light: #e9db88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbcc53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.382,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83498,
    "c": 0.14097,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBCC53

secondary

#394499

accent

#52E83F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBCC53

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

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