#DBC461#DBC461

#DBC461 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.122 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC461
RGB	rgb(219, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 55.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, -4.06, 51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 52.06, 94.48°)
OKLab	oklab(82% -0.0137 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(82% 0.122 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.1129, 55.4052, 19.3089)
Luminance	0.5540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC461 #6178DB

analogous

#DB8761 #DBC461 #B5DB61

triadic

#DBC461 #61DBC4 #C461DB

tetradic

#DBC461 #61DB87 #6178DB #DB61B5

square

#DBC461 #61DB87 #6178DB #DB61B5

split-complementary

#DBC461 #61B5DB #8761DB

monochromatic

#9E8724 #D0B12F #DBC461 #E6D793 #F2E9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DBC461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#DBC461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC461

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC461	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.122 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d591',
    500: '#dbc461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc461;
$custom-light: #e9d591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.689,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81997,
    "c": 0.12214,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC461

secondary

#3F51A1

accent

#3CCB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC461

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

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