#DBC656#DBC656

#DBC656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.133 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC656
RGB	rgb(219, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.68, -5.89, 57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.68, 57.70, 95.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82.29% -0.0203 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(82.29% 0.133 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.0893, 56.1224, 16.9439)
Luminance	0.5612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC656 #566BDB

analogous

#DB8356 #DBC656 #AEDB56

triadic

#DBC656 #56DBC6 #C656DB

tetradic

#DBC656 #56DB83 #566BDB #DB56AE

square

#DBC656 #56DB83 #566BDB #DB56AE

split-complementary

#DBC656 #56AEDB #8356DB

monochromatic

#978420 #C9B02B #DBC656 #E6D788 #F0E8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DBC656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#DBC656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC656

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC656	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)

#D8C14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.133 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d78a',
    500: '#dbc656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc656;
$custom-light: #e9d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82286,
    "c": 0.13338,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC656

secondary

#3A499B

accent

#5AE840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC656

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

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