#DBC162#DBC162

#DBC162 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.119 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC162
RGB	rgb(219, 193, 98)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 55.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.51, -2.43, 50.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.51, 50.60, 92.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.0089 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.119 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.4899, 54.0841, 19.3327)
Luminance	0.5408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC162 #627CDB

analogous

#DB8462 #DBC162 #B9DB62

triadic

#DBC162 #62DBC1 #C162DB

tetradic

#DBC162 #62DB84 #627CDB #DB62B9

square

#DBC162 #62DB84 #627CDB #DB62B9

split-complementary

#DBC162 #62B9DB #8462DB

monochromatic

#9E8424 #D0AD30 #DBC162 #E6D594 #F2E8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DBC162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#DBC162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC162

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC162	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BE59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 193, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.119 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d391',
    500: '#dbc162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc162;
$custom-light: #e9d391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.107,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81397,
    "c": 0.11885,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC162

secondary

#3F54A2

accent

#41CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC162

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

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