#DBC172#DBC172

#DBC172 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.103 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC172
RGB	rgb(219, 193, 114)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 47.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.70, -1.05, 42.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.70, 42.96, 91.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% -0.0032 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.103 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.3223, 54.4171, 23.7165)
Luminance	0.5442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC172 #728CDB

analogous

#DB8C72 #DBC172 #C0DB72

triadic

#DBC172 #72DBC1 #C172DB

tetradic

#DBC172 #72DB8C #728CDB #DB72C0

square

#DBC172 #72DB8C #728CDB #DB72C0

split-complementary

#DBC172 #72C0DB #8C72DB

monochromatic

#A8892B #CFAC41 #DBC172 #E7D6A3 #F4ECD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DBC172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#DBC172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC172

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC172	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BE6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 193, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.103 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d39c',
    500: '#dbc172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc172;
$custom-light: #e8d39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.143,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81612,
    "c": 0.10325,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC172

secondary

#475FAB

accent

#48C71F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC172

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

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