#DBC16D#DBC16D

#DBC16D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.108 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC16D
RGB	rgb(219, 193, 109)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 50.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.64, -1.51, 45.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.64, 45.38, 91.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.005 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.108 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.0455, 54.3064, 22.2584)
Luminance	0.5430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC16D #6D87DB

analogous

#DB8A6D #DBC16D #BEDB6D

triadic

#DBC16D #6DDBC1 #C16DDB

tetradic

#DBC16D #6DDB8A #6D87DB #DB6DBE

square

#DBC16D #6DDB8A #6D87DB #DB6DBE

split-complementary

#DBC16D #6DBEDB #8A6DDB

monochromatic

#A58829 #CFAC3C #DBC16D #E7D69E #F3EBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DBC16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#DBC16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC16D

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC16D	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BE66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 193, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.108 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d398',
    500: '#dbc16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc16d;
$custom-light: #e8d398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.818,
    "s": 60.44,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81541,
    "c": 0.10829,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC16D

secondary

#445CA8

accent

#46C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC16D

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

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