#DBC36D#DBC36D

#DBC36D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.110 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC36D
RGB	rgb(219, 195, 109)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 50.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -2.55, 45.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 46.05, 93.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.008 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.11 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.4906, 55.1966, 22.4068)
Luminance	0.5519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC36D #6D85DB

analogous

#DB8C6D #DBC36D #BCDB6D

triadic

#DBC36D #6DDBC3 #C36DDB

tetradic

#DBC36D #6DDB8C #6D85DB #DB6DBC

square

#DBC36D #6DDB8C #6D85DB #DB6DBC

split-complementary

#DBC36D #6DBCDB #8C6DDB

monochromatic

#A58A29 #CFAF3C #DBC36D #E7D79E #F3EBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DBC36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#DBC36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC36D

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC36D	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C066

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 195, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.110 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d499',
    500: '#dbc36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc36d;
$custom-light: #e8d499;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.909,
    "s": 60.44,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81947,
    "c": 0.10984,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC36D

secondary

#445AA8

accent

#43C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC36D

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

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