#DBC657#DBC657

#DBC657 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 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC657
RGB	rgb(219, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, -5.82, 56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 57.26, 95.84°)
OKLab	oklab(82.3% -0.0199 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(82.3% 0.133 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.1299, 56.1386, 17.1576)
Luminance	0.5614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC657 #576CDB

analogous

#DB8457 #DBC657 #AEDB57

triadic

#DBC657 #57DBC6 #C657DB

tetradic

#DBC657 #57DB84 #576CDB #DB57AE

square

#DBC657 #57DB84 #576CDB #DB57AE

split-complementary

#DBC657 #57AEDB #8457DB

monochromatic

#978420 #CAB02B #DBC657 #E6D789 #F1E8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DBC657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#DBC657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC657

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC657	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.133 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d78a',
    500: '#dbc657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc657;
$custom-light: #e9d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82296,
    "c": 0.13254,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC657

secondary

#3B4A9C

accent

#5BE840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC657

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →