#DBC173#DBC173

#DBC173 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.102 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC173
RGB	rgb(219, 193, 115)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 47.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.72, -0.96, 42.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.72, 42.47, 91.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% -0.0028 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.102 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.3795, 54.4400, 24.0179)
Luminance	0.5444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC173 #738DDB

analogous

#DB8D73 #DBC173 #C1DB73

triadic

#DBC173 #73DBC1 #C173DB

tetradic

#DBC173 #73DB8D #738DDB #DB73C1

square

#DBC173 #73DB8D #738DDB #DB73C1

split-complementary

#DBC173 #73C1DB #8D73DB

monochromatic

#A8892B #CEAB42 #DBC173 #E8D7A4 #F4ECD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DBC173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#DBC173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC173

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC173	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BE6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C676

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 193, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.102 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d39c',
    500: '#dbc173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc173;
$custom-light: #e8d39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81627,
    "c": 0.10222,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC173

secondary

#4760AB

accent

#49C71F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC173

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

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