#DBC356#DBC356

#DBC356 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.131 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC356
RGB	rgb(219, 195, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, -4.35, 56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 56.70, 94.40°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.0158 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.131 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.4103, 54.7645, 16.7176)
Luminance	0.5476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC356 #566EDB

analogous

#DB8156 #DBC356 #B0DB56

triadic

#DBC356 #56DBC3 #C356DB

tetradic

#DBC356 #56DB81 #566EDB #DB56B0

square

#DBC356 #56DB81 #566EDB #DB56B0

split-complementary

#DBC356 #56B0DB #8156DB

monochromatic

#978120 #C9AC2B #DBC356 #E6D588 #F0E7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DBC356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#DBC356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC356

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC356	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 195, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.131 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d48a',
    500: '#dbc356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc356;
$custom-light: #e9d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.173,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8167,
    "c": 0.13095,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC356

secondary

#3A4C9B

accent

#5EE840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC356

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

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