#DBC265#DBC265

#DBC265 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.117 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC265
RGB	rgb(219, 194, 101)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 53.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.80, -2.71, 49.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.80, 49.52, 93.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81.64% -0.0094 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(81.64% 0.117 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.8561, 54.5855, 20.1667)
Luminance	0.5458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC265 #657EDB

analogous

#DB8765 #DBC265 #B9DB65

triadic

#DBC265 #65DBC2 #C265DB

tetradic

#DBC265 #65DB87 #657EDB #DB65B9

square

#DBC265 #65DB87 #657EDB #DB65B9

split-complementary

#DBC265 #65B9DB #8765DB

monochromatic

#A08625 #CFAE33 #DBC265 #E7D697 #F2E9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DBC265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#DBC265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC265

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC265	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BF5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 194, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.117 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d493',
    500: '#dbc265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc265;
$custom-light: #e9d493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.288,
    "s": 62.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81638,
    "c": 0.11682,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC265

secondary

#4056A4

accent

#41CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC265

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

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