#DBCD57#DBCD57

#DBCD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.139 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBCD57
RGB	rgb(219, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.52, -9.40, 58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.52, 59.72, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(83.74% -0.0302 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(83.74% 0.139 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.7670, 59.4128, 17.7033)
Luminance	0.5941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBCD57 #5765DB

analogous

#DB8B57 #DBCD57 #A7DB57

triadic

#DBCD57 #57DBCD #CD57DB

tetradic

#DBCD57 #57DB8B #5765DB #DB57A7

square

#DBCD57 #57DB8B #5765DB #DB57A7

split-complementary

#DBCD57 #57A7DB #8B57DB

monochromatic

#978B20 #CAB92B #DBCD57 #E6DC89 #F1EBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DBCD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#DBCD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBCD57

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBCD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBCD57	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)

#DEC74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbcd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.139 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dc8b',
    500: '#dbcd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbcd57;
$custom-light: #e9dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbcd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.636,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83744,
    "c": 0.13864,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBCD57

secondary

#3B459C

accent

#52E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBCD57

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

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