#DBC478#DBC478

#DBC478 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.099 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC478
RGB	rgb(219, 196, 120)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 45.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, -2.04, 40.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 41.04, 92.84°)
OKLab	oklab(82.31% -0.0054 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(82.31% 0.099 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.3450, 55.8980, 25.7978)
Luminance	0.5590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC478 #788FDB

analogous

#DB9378 #DBC478 #C1DB78

triadic

#DBC478 #78DBC4 #C478DB

tetradic

#DBC478 #78DB93 #788FDB #DB78C1

square

#DBC478 #78DB93 #788FDB #DB78C1

split-complementary

#DBC478 #78C1DB #9378DB

monochromatic

#AB8E2E #CEAF48 #DBC478 #E8D9A8 #F5EED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DBC478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#DBC478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC478

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC478	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C172

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C87B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 196, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.099 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d5a0',
    500: '#dbc478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc478;
$custom-light: #e8d5a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.061,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82311,
    "c": 0.09936,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC478

secondary

#4A61AE

accent

#46C520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC478

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

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