#DBC65B#DBC65B

#DBC65B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.129 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC65B
RGB	rgb(219, 198, 91)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 58.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -5.54, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 55.48, 95.73°)
OKLab	oklab(82.34% -0.0187 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(82.34% 0.129 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.2978, 56.2058, 18.0422)
Luminance	0.5620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC65B #5B70DB

analogous

#DB865B #DBC65B #B0DB5B

triadic

#DBC65B #5BDBC6 #C65BDB

tetradic

#DBC65B #5BDB86 #5B70DB #DB5BB0

square

#DBC65B #5BDB86 #5B70DB #DB5BB0

split-complementary

#DBC65B #5BB0DB #865BDB

monochromatic

#9A8622 #CCB22D #DBC65B #E6D78D #F1E9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DBC65B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#DBC65B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC65B

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC65B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC65B	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc65b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 198, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.129 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d78d',
    500: '#dbc65b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc65b;
$custom-light: #e9d78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc65b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.156,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82339,
    "c": 0.12914,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC65B

secondary

#3C4C9E

accent

#37CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC65B

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

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