#DBC156#DBC156

#DBC156 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.129 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC156
RGB	rgb(219, 193, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.39, -3.31, 55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.39, 56.06, 93.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.0129 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.129 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.9652, 53.8743, 16.5692)
Luminance	0.5387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC156 #5670DB

analogous

#DB7F56 #DBC156 #B2DB56

triadic

#DBC156 #56DBC1 #C156DB

tetradic

#DBC156 #56DB7F #5670DB #DB56B2

square

#DBC156 #56DB7F #5670DB #DB56B2

split-complementary

#DBC156 #56B2DB #7F56DB

monochromatic

#977F20 #C9AA2B #DBC156 #E6D488 #F0E6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DBC156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#DBC156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC156

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC156	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 193, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.129 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d389',
    500: '#dbc156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc156;
$custom-light: #e9d389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.271,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81261,
    "c": 0.12941,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC156

secondary

#3A4D9B

accent

#61E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC156

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

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