#DBC261#DBC261

#DBC261 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.121 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC261
RGB	rgb(219, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 55.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.76, -3.03, 51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.76, 51.39, 93.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% -0.0107 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.121 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.6648, 54.5090, 19.1595)
Luminance	0.5451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC261 #617ADB

analogous

#DB8561 #DBC261 #B7DB61

triadic

#DBC261 #61DBC2 #C261DB

tetradic

#DBC261 #61DB85 #617ADB #DB61B7

square

#DBC261 #61DB85 #617ADB #DB61B7

split-complementary

#DBC261 #61B7DB #8561DB

monochromatic

#9E8524 #D0AF2F #DBC261 #E6D593 #F2E8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DBC261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#DBC261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC261

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC261	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	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)

#D3BE58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.121 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d491',
    500: '#dbc261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc261;
$custom-light: #e9d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.705,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81588,
    "c": 0.12054,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC261

secondary

#3F53A1

accent

#3FCB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC261

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

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