#DBC256#DBC256

#DBC256 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.130 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC256
RGB	rgb(219, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.65, -3.83, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.65, 56.38, 93.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.0143 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.13 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.1870, 54.3179, 16.6432)
Luminance	0.5432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC256 #566FDB

analogous

#DB8056 #DBC256 #B1DB56

triadic

#DBC256 #56DBC2 #C256DB

tetradic

#DBC256 #56DB80 #566FDB #DB56B1

square

#DBC256 #56DB80 #566FDB #DB56B1

split-complementary

#DBC256 #56B1DB #8056DB

monochromatic

#978020 #C9AB2B #DBC256 #E6D488 #F0E6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DBC256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#DBC256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC256

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC256	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)

#D4BE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.130 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d48a',
    500: '#dbc256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc256;
$custom-light: #e9d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.722,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81465,
    "c": 0.13017,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC256

secondary

#3A4C9B

accent

#60E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC256

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

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