#DBC65E#DBC65E

#DBC65E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.127 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC65E
RGB	rgb(219, 198, 94)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 57.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -5.32, 53.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 54.12, 95.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.37% -0.0177 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(82.37% 0.127 98)
XYZ	xyz(51.4298, 56.2586, 18.7375)
Luminance	0.5626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC65E #5E73DB

analogous

#DB885E #DBC65E #B2DB5E

triadic

#DBC65E #5EDBC6 #C65EDB

tetradic

#DBC65E #5EDB88 #5E73DB #DB5EB2

square

#DBC65E #5EDB88 #5E73DB #DB5EB2

split-complementary

#DBC65E #5EB2DB #885EDB

monochromatic

#9C8723 #CEB32E #DBC65E #E6D890 #F1E9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DBC65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#DBC65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC65E

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC65E	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)

#D7C154

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 198, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.127 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d78f',
    500: '#dbc65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc65e;
$custom-light: #e9d78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.92,
    "s": 63.452,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82372,
    "c": 0.1265,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.56256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC65E

secondary

#3D4EA0

accent

#38CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC65E

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

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