#DBCD55#DBCD55

#DBCD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.140 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBCD55
RGB	rgb(219, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.50, -9.53, 59.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.50, 60.58, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(83.73% -0.0308 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(83.73% 0.14 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.6864, 59.3806, 17.2789)
Luminance	0.5938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBCD55 #5563DB

analogous

#DB8A55 #DBCD55 #A6DB55

triadic

#DBCD55 #55DBCD #CD55DB

tetradic

#DBCD55 #55DB8A #5563DB #DB55A6

square

#DBCD55 #55DB8A #5563DB #DB55A6

split-complementary

#DBCD55 #55A6DB #8A55DB

monochromatic

#968A20 #C8B82A #DBCD55 #E6DC88 #F0EBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DBCD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#DBCD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBCD55

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBCD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBCD55	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbcd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.140 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dc8a',
    500: '#dbcd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbcd55;
$custom-light: #e9dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbcd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.731,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83725,
    "c": 0.14028,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBCD55

secondary

#3A449A

accent

#51E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBCD55

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

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