#DBCF49

sRGB: 219 / 207 / 73

Thunderous oceans rise against oblivion
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Quiet wishes reveal unspoken wonders

#DBCF49 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 219 red, 207 green and 73 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 55.1° lands in the yellow region. Its 67.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 57.3% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (13.03:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 219, 207, 73
HSL: 55.07°, 66.97%, 57.25%
HSV / HSB: 55.07°, 66.67%, 85.88%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 5.48%, 66.67%, 14.12%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 52.727, 60.168, 15.140
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 81.929, -11.270, 65.237
WCAG relative luminance: 0.60167
24-bit decimal: 14405449

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #DBCF49 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 13.03:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.61:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#4955DB sits half a turn (180°) from #DBCF49 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#DBCF49 #4955DB

Analogous

#DB8649 and #9EDB49 sit 30° to either side of #DBCF49. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#DB8649 #DBCF49 #9EDB49

Triadic

#DBCF49, #49DBCF and #CF49DB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DBCF49 #49DBCF #CF49DB

Split complementary

Start at #DBCF49 and look across the wheel. #499EDB and #8649DB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DBCF49 #499EDB #8649DB

Square

Starting with #DBCF49, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #49DB86, #4955DB, then #DB499E. Across the square, #DBCF49 pairs with #4955DB, and #49DB86 with #DB499E.

#DBCF49 #49DB86 #4955DB #DB499E

Tetradic

#DBCF49 and #4955DB are opposites, as are #55DB49 and #CF49DB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DBCF49 #55DB49 #4955DB #CF49DB

Tints

Mixing #DBCF49 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E2D96D, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8F5DB, the mixture is 80% white.

#DBCF49 #E2D96D #E9E292 #F1ECB6 #F8F5DB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DBCF49 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AFA63A, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C290F, the mixture is 80% black.

#DBCF49 #AFA63A #837C2C #58531D #2C290F #000000

Tones

Mixing #DBCF49 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C9BF54, keeps 80% of the original. By #929075, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DBCF49 #C9BF54 #B7AF5F #A4A06A #929075 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#DBCF49

RGB

rgb(219 207 73)

HSL

hsl(55.068 66.972% 57.255%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DBCF49;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DBCF49 uses 219 red, 207 green and 73 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 85.9%

Green 81.2%

Blue 28.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DBCF49 is 0.0% cyan, 5.5% magenta, 66.7% yellow and 14.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 5.5%

Yellow 66.7%

Black 14.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDCC44. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DC4 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DBCF49 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCC33, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DDCC44 Nearest web-safe: #CCCC33

Gradient to complement

#DBCF49 #C3BB61 #AAA67A #929292 #7A7EAA #6169C3 #4955DB

Color vision previews

Compare how #DBCF49 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#E1C836

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#E5CF51

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#EBC1B4

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#DFCB41

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#E1CE4D

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#DFCB7E

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#CCCCCC

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#D4CD9C

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.70838 G 0.62396 B 0.06663

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.85072 G 0.81338 B 0.37795

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.69339 G 0.62676 B 0.11794

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.412 y 0.470 Y 60.168

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 14.118 M % 18.824 Y % 71.373

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11011011 11001111 01001001