#DBCD5B#DBCD5B

#DBCD5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.135 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBCD5B
RGB	rgb(219, 205, 91)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 58.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.55, -9.12, 57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.55, 57.97, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(83.79% -0.0289 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(83.79% 0.135 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.9349, 59.4800, 18.5879)
Luminance	0.5948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBCD5B #5B69DB

analogous

#DB8D5B #DBCD5B #A9DB5B

triadic

#DBCD5B #5BDBCD #CD5BDB

tetradic

#DBCD5B #5BDB8D #5B69DB #DB5BA9

square

#DBCD5B #5BDB8D #5B69DB #DB5BA9

split-complementary

#DBCD5B #5BA9DB #8D5BDB

monochromatic

#9A8D22 #CCBB2D #DBCD5B #E6DC8D #F1ECBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DBCD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#DBCD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBCD5B

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBCD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBCD5B	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbcd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 205, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.135 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dc8d',
    500: '#dbcd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbcd5b;
$custom-light: #e9dc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbcd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.438,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83785,
    "c": 0.13529,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBCD5B

secondary

#3C479E

accent

#2DCC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBCD5B

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

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