#DBC661#DBC661

#DBC661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.124 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC661
RGB	rgb(219, 198, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 55.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, -5.10, 52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 52.75, 95.54°)
OKLab	oklab(82.41% -0.0167 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(82.41% 0.124 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.5671, 56.3135, 19.4603)
Luminance	0.5631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC661 #6176DB

analogous

#DB8961 #DBC661 #B3DB61

triadic

#DBC661 #61DBC6 #C661DB

tetradic

#DBC661 #61DB89 #6176DB #DB61B3

square

#DBC661 #61DB89 #6176DB #DB61B3

split-complementary

#DBC661 #61B3DB #8961DB

monochromatic

#9E8924 #D0B42F #DBC661 #E6D893 #F2EAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DBC661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#DBC661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC661

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC661	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 198, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.124 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d791',
    500: '#dbc661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc661;
$custom-light: #e9d791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.672,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82407,
    "c": 0.12379,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC661

secondary

#3F50A1

accent

#39CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC661

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

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