#DBC272#DBC272

#DBC272 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.104 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC272
RGB	rgb(219, 194, 114)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 47.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, -1.57, 43.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 43.29, 92.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0047 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.104 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.5441, 54.8607, 23.7904)
Luminance	0.5486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC272 #728BDB

analogous

#DB8D72 #DBC272 #C0DB72

triadic

#DBC272 #72DBC2 #C272DB

tetradic

#DBC272 #72DB8D #728BDB #DB72C0

square

#DBC272 #72DB8D #728BDB #DB72C0

split-complementary

#DBC272 #72C0DB #8D72DB

monochromatic

#A88A2B #CFAD41 #DBC272 #E7D7A3 #F4ECD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DBC272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#DBC272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC272

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC272	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BF6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 194, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.104 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d49c',
    500: '#dbc272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc272;
$custom-light: #e8d49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81815,
    "c": 0.10401,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC272

secondary

#475EAB

accent

#47C71F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC272

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

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