#DBC556#DBC556

#DBC556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.133 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC556
RGB	rgb(219, 197, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -5.38, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 57.36, 95.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.0188 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.133 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.8615, 55.6667, 16.8680)
Luminance	0.5566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC556 #566CDB

analogous

#DB8256 #DBC556 #AFDB56

triadic

#DBC556 #56DBC5 #C556DB

tetradic

#DBC556 #56DB82 #566CDB #DB56AF

square

#DBC556 #56DB82 #566CDB #DB56AF

split-complementary

#DBC556 #56AFDB #8256DB

monochromatic

#978320 #C9AF2B #DBC556 #E6D688 #F0E8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DBC556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#DBC556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC556

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC556	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 197, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.133 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d68a',
    500: '#dbc556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc556;
$custom-light: #e9d68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.075,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8208,
    "c": 0.13256,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC556

secondary

#3A4A9B

accent

#5CE840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC556

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

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