#DBC565#DBC565

#DBC565 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.119 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC565
RGB	rgb(219, 197, 101)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 53.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, -4.26, 50.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 50.54, 94.84°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% -0.0139 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.119 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.5305, 55.9343, 20.3915)
Luminance	0.5593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC565 #657BDB

analogous

#DB8A65 #DBC565 #B6DB65

triadic

#DBC565 #65DBC5 #C565DB

tetradic

#DBC565 #65DB8A #657BDB #DB65B6

square

#DBC565 #65DB8A #657BDB #DB65B6

split-complementary

#DBC565 #65B6DB #8A65DB

monochromatic

#A08925 #CFB233 #DBC565 #E7D897 #F2EAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DBC565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#DBC565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC565

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC565	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 197, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.119 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d693',
    500: '#dbc565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc565;
$custom-light: #e9d693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.814,
    "s": 62.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8225,
    "c": 0.11924,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC565

secondary

#4053A4

accent

#3CCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC565

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

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