#DBC161#DBC161

#DBC161 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.120 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC161
RGB	rgb(219, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 55.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.50, -2.51, 51.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.50, 51.06, 92.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.0092 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.12 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.4430, 54.0654, 19.0856)
Luminance	0.5406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC161 #617BDB

analogous

#DB8461 #DBC161 #B8DB61

triadic

#DBC161 #61DBC1 #C161DB

tetradic

#DBC161 #61DB84 #617BDB #DB61B8

square

#DBC161 #61DB84 #617BDB #DB61B8

split-complementary

#DBC161 #61B8DB #8461DB

monochromatic

#9E8424 #D0AD2F #DBC161 #E6D593 #F2E8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DBC161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#DBC161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC161

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC161	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BE58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.120 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d390',
    500: '#dbc161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc161;
$custom-light: #e9d390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.213,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81385,
    "c": 0.11977,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC161

secondary

#3F54A1

accent

#40CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC161

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

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