#DBC65D#DBC65D

#DBC65D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.127 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC65D
RGB	rgb(219, 198, 93)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 57.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.75, -5.40, 54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.75, 54.58, 95.68°)
OKLab	oklab(82.36% -0.018 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(82.36% 0.127 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.3852, 56.2407, 18.5027)
Luminance	0.5624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC65D #5D72DB

analogous

#DB875D #DBC65D #B1DB5D

triadic

#DBC65D #5DDBC6 #C65DDB

tetradic

#DBC65D #5DDB87 #5D72DB #DB5DB1

square

#DBC65D #5DDB87 #5D72DB #DB5DB1

split-complementary

#DBC65D #5DB1DB #875DDB

monochromatic

#9B8722 #CDB32E #DBC65D #E6D88F #F1E9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DBC65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#DBC65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC65D

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC65D	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 198, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.127 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d78e',
    500: '#dbc65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc65d;
$custom-light: #e9d78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82361,
    "c": 0.12738,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC65D

secondary

#3D4D9F

accent

#38CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC65D

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

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