#DBC562#DBC562

#DBC562 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.122 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC562
RGB	rgb(219, 197, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 55.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.54, -4.50, 51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.54, 51.94, 94.97°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% -0.0149 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.122 97)
XYZ	xyz(51.3862, 55.8766, 19.6314)
Luminance	0.5587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC562 #6278DB

analogous

#DB8962 #DBC562 #B4DB62

triadic

#DBC562 #62DBC5 #C562DB

tetradic

#DBC562 #62DB89 #6278DB #DB62B4

square

#DBC562 #62DB89 #6278DB #DB62B4

split-complementary

#DBC562 #62B4DB #8962DB

monochromatic

#9E8824 #D0B330 #DBC562 #E6D794 #F2EAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DBC562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#DBC562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC562

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC562	1.00	1.72	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 197, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.122 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d691',
    500: '#dbc562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc562;
$custom-light: #e9d691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82214,
    "c": 0.12204,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.55874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC562

secondary

#3F51A2

accent

#3BCA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC562

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

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