#DBC655#DBC655

#DBC655 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.134 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC655
RGB	rgb(219, 198, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -5.96, 57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 58.13, 95.88°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.0206 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.134 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.0493, 56.1064, 16.7332)
Luminance	0.5610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC655 #556ADB

analogous

#DB8355 #DBC655 #ADDB55

triadic

#DBC655 #55DBC6 #C655DB

tetradic

#DBC655 #55DB83 #556ADB #DB55AD

square

#DBC655 #55DB83 #556ADB #DB55AD

split-complementary

#DBC655 #55ADDB #8355DB

monochromatic

#968320 #C8B02A #DBC655 #E6D788 #F0E8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DBC655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#DBC655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC655

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC655	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)

#D8C148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 198, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.134 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d789',
    500: '#dbc655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc655;
$custom-light: #e9d789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.597,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82276,
    "c": 0.1342,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC655

secondary

#3A499A

accent

#5AE840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC655

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

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