#DBCD5A#DBCD5A

#DBCD5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.136 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBCD5A
RGB	rgb(219, 205, 90)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 58.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.55, -9.19, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.55, 58.41, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(83.78% -0.0292 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(83.78% 0.136 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.8921, 59.4629, 18.3623)
Luminance	0.5946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBCD5A #5A68DB

analogous

#DB8C5A #DBCD5A #A9DB5A

triadic

#DBCD5A #5ADBCD #CD5ADB

tetradic

#DBCD5A #5ADB8C #5A68DB #DB5AA9

square

#DBCD5A #5ADB8C #5A68DB #DB5AA9

split-complementary

#DBCD5A #5AA9DB #8C5ADB

monochromatic

#998C21 #CBBA2C #DBCD5A #E6DC8C #F1EBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DBCD5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#DBCD5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBCD5A

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBCD5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBCD5A	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbcd5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 205, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.136 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dc8d',
    500: '#dbcd5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbcd5a;
$custom-light: #e9dc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbcd5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.488,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83775,
    "c": 0.13614,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBCD5A

secondary

#3C469D

accent

#2DCC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBCD5A

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

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