#DBC260#DBC260

#DBC260 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.121 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC260
RGB	rgb(219, 194, 96)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 56.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.75, -3.11, 51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.75, 51.85, 93.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.0111 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.121 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.6185, 54.4905, 18.9155)
Luminance	0.5449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC260 #6079DB

analogous

#DB8560 #DBC260 #B7DB60

triadic

#DBC260 #60DBC2 #C260DB

tetradic

#DBC260 #60DB85 #6079DB #DB60B7

square

#DBC260 #60DB85 #6079DB #DB60B7

split-complementary

#DBC260 #60B7DB #8560DB

monochromatic

#9D8424 #CFAE2F #DBC260 #E6D592 #F2E8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DBC260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#DBC260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC260

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC260	1.00	1.77	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 194, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.121 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d490',
    500: '#dbc260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc260;
$custom-light: #e9d490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.805,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81577,
    "c": 0.12146,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC260

secondary

#3E52A1

accent

#3ECB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC260

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

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