#DBC855#DBC855

#DBC855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.136 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC855
RGB	rgb(219, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.19, -6.98, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.19, 58.81, 96.82°)
OKLab	oklab(82.69% -0.0235 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(82.69% 0.136 100)
XYZ	xyz(51.5094, 57.0267, 16.8866)
Luminance	0.5702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC855 #5568DB

analogous

#DB8555 #DBC855 #ABDB55

triadic

#DBC855 #55DBC8 #C855DB

tetradic

#DBC855 #55DB85 #5568DB #DB55AB

square

#DBC855 #55DB85 #5568DB #DB55AB

split-complementary

#DBC855 #55ABDB #8555DB

monochromatic

#968520 #C8B22A #DBC855 #E6D888 #F0E9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DBC855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#DBC855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC855

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC855	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.136 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d889',
    500: '#dbc855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc855;
$custom-light: #e9d889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.493,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82688,
    "c": 0.13588,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.57024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC855

secondary

#3A479A

accent

#58E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC855

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

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