#DBC857#DBC857

#DBC857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.134 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC857
RGB	rgb(219, 200, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.21, -6.85, 57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.21, 57.94, 96.79°)
OKLab	oklab(82.71% -0.0229 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(82.71% 0.134 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.5900, 57.0589, 17.3110)
Luminance	0.5706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC857 #576ADB

analogous

#DB8657 #DBC857 #ACDB57

triadic

#DBC857 #57DBC8 #C857DB

tetradic

#DBC857 #57DB86 #576ADB #DB57AC

square

#DBC857 #57DB86 #576ADB #DB57AC

split-complementary

#DBC857 #57ACDB #8657DB

monochromatic

#978620 #CAB32B #DBC857 #E6D989 #F1E9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DBC857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#DBC857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC857

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC857	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)

#D9C34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 200, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.134 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d88b',
    500: '#dbc857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc857;
$custom-light: #e9d88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.364,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82709,
    "c": 0.13423,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC857

secondary

#3B499C

accent

#58E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC857

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

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