#DBC56D#DBC56D

#DBC56D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.111 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC56D
RGB	rgb(219, 197, 109)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 50.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -3.58, 46.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 46.74, 94.40°)
OKLab	oklab(82.36% -0.011 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(82.36% 0.111 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.9417, 56.0988, 22.5572)
Luminance	0.5610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC56D #6D83DB

analogous

#DB8E6D #DBC56D #BADB6D

triadic

#DBC56D #6DDBC5 #C56DDB

tetradic

#DBC56D #6DDB8E #6D83DB #DB6DBA

square

#DBC56D #6DDB8E #6D83DB #DB6DBA

split-complementary

#DBC56D #6DBADB #8E6DDB

monochromatic

#A58C29 #CFB13C #DBC56D #E7D99E #F3ECCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DBC56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#DBC56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC56D

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC56D	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C165

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC971

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 197, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.111 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d699',
    500: '#dbc56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc56d;
$custom-light: #e8d699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 60.44,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82355,
    "c": 0.11148,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC56D

secondary

#4458A8

accent

#40C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC56D

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

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