#DBCC55#DBCC55

#DBCC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.139 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBCC55
RGB	rgb(219, 204, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.24, -9.02, 59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.24, 60.22, 98.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.52% -0.0293 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(83.52% 0.139 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.4480, 58.9037, 17.1994)
Luminance	0.5890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBCC55 #5564DB

analogous

#DB8955 #DBCC55 #A7DB55

triadic

#DBCC55 #55DBCC #CC55DB

tetradic

#DBCC55 #55DB89 #5564DB #DB55A7

square

#DBCC55 #55DB89 #5564DB #DB55A7

split-complementary

#DBCC55 #55A7DB #8955DB

monochromatic

#968920 #C8B72A #DBCC55 #E6DB88 #F0EABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DBCC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#DBCC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBCC55

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBCC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBCC55	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbcc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 204, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.139 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9db8a',
    500: '#dbcc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbcc55;
$custom-light: #e9db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbcc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.284,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83517,
    "c": 0.13937,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBCC55

secondary

#3A459A

accent

#53E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBCC55

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

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