#DBC56A#DBC56A

#DBC56A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.114 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC56A
RGB	rgb(219, 197, 106)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 51.6%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -3.85, 48.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 48.18, 94.58°)
OKLab	oklab(82.31% -0.0121 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(82.31% 0.114 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.7829, 56.0353, 21.7211)
Luminance	0.5603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC56A #6A80DB

analogous

#DB8C6A #DBC56A #B8DB6A

triadic

#DBC56A #6ADBC5 #C56ADB

tetradic

#DBC56A #6ADB8C #6A80DB #DB6AB8

square

#DBC56A #6ADB8C #6A80DB #DB6AB8

split-complementary

#DBC56A #6AB8DB #8C6ADB

monochromatic

#A38B27 #CFB239 #DBC56A #E7D89B #F3EBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DBC56A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#DBC56A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC56A

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC56A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC56A	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C162

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC86E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc56a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 197, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.114 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d697',
    500: '#dbc56a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc56a;
$custom-light: #e8d697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc56a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.319,
    "s": 61.081,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82314,
    "c": 0.11444,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC56A

secondary

#4356A6

accent

#3EC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC56A

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

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