#DBC462#DBC462

#DBC462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.121 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC462
RGB	rgb(219, 196, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 55.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.28, -3.99, 51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.28, 51.60, 94.43°)
OKLab	oklab(82.01% -0.0134 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(82.01% 0.121 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.1599, 55.4240, 19.5560)
Luminance	0.5542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC462 #6279DB

analogous

#DB8862 #DBC462 #B6DB62

triadic

#DBC462 #62DBC4 #C462DB

tetradic

#DBC462 #62DB88 #6279DB #DB62B6

square

#DBC462 #62DB88 #6279DB #DB62B6

split-complementary

#DBC462 #62B6DB #8862DB

monochromatic

#9E8724 #D0B130 #DBC462 #E6D794 #F2E9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DBC462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#DBC462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC462

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC462	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)

#D5C059

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 196, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.121 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d591',
    500: '#dbc462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc462;
$custom-light: #e9d591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.595,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82009,
    "c": 0.12121,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC462

secondary

#3F52A2

accent

#3CCA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC462

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

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