#DBC169#DBC169

#DBC169 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.112 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC169
RGB	rgb(219, 193, 105)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 52.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -1.86, 47.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 47.30, 92.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0064 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.112 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.8350, 54.2222, 21.1501)
Luminance	0.5422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC169 #6983DB

analogous

#DB8869 #DBC169 #BCDB69

triadic

#DBC169 #69DBC1 #C169DB

tetradic

#DBC169 #69DB88 #6983DB #DB69BC

square

#DBC169 #69DB88 #6983DB #DB69BC

split-complementary

#DBC169 #69BCDB #8869DB

monochromatic

#A38627 #CFAD38 #DBC169 #E7D59A #F3EACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DBC169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#DBC169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC169

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC169	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BE61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C66C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 193, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.112 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d396',
    500: '#dbc169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc169;
$custom-light: #e8d396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.316,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81486,
    "c": 0.11222,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC169

secondary

#4259A6

accent

#44C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC169

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

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