#DBCC57#DBCC57

#DBCC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.138 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBCC57
RGB	rgb(219, 204, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.26, -8.89, 58.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.26, 59.36, 98.61°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% -0.0287 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.138 102)
XYZ	xyz(52.5285, 58.9360, 17.6238)
Luminance	0.5893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBCC57 #5766DB

analogous

#DB8A57 #DBCC57 #A8DB57

triadic

#DBCC57 #57DBCC #CC57DB

tetradic

#DBCC57 #57DB8A #5766DB #DB57A8

square

#DBCC57 #57DB8A #5766DB #DB57A8

split-complementary

#DBCC57 #57A8DB #8A57DB

monochromatic

#978A20 #CAB82B #DBCC57 #E6DB89 #F1EBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DBCC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#DBCC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBCC57

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBCC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBCC57	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbcc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 204, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.138 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9db8b',
    500: '#dbcc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbcc57;
$custom-light: #e9db8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbcc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83537,
    "c": 0.13774,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.58934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBCC57

secondary

#3B469C

accent

#53E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBCC57

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

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