#DBC856#DBC856

#DBC856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.135 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC856
RGB	rgb(219, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, -6.92, 57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 58.38, 96.80°)
OKLab	oklab(82.7% -0.0232 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(82.7% 0.135 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.5494, 57.0427, 17.0973)
Luminance	0.5704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC856 #5669DB

analogous

#DB8656 #DBC856 #ABDB56

triadic

#DBC856 #56DBC8 #C856DB

tetradic

#DBC856 #56DB86 #5669DB #DB56AB

square

#DBC856 #56DB86 #5669DB #DB56AB

split-complementary

#DBC856 #56ABDB #8656DB

monochromatic

#978620 #C9B22B #DBC856 #E6D888 #F0E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DBC856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#DBC856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC856

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC856	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.135 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d88a',
    500: '#dbc856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc856;
$custom-light: #e9d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82698,
    "c": 0.13506,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC856

secondary

#3A489B

accent

#58E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC856

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

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