#DBC85A#DBC85A

#DBC85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.132 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC85A
RGB	rgb(219, 200, 90)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 58.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, -6.64, 56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 56.62, 96.74°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% -0.0219 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.132 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.7151, 57.1090, 17.9699)
Luminance	0.5711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC85A #5A6DDB

analogous

#DB875A #DBC85A #ADDB5A

triadic

#DBC85A #5ADBC8 #C85ADB

tetradic

#DBC85A #5ADB87 #5A6DDB #DB5AAD

square

#DBC85A #5ADB87 #5A6DDB #DB5AAD

split-complementary

#DBC85A #5AADDB #875ADB

monochromatic

#998821 #CBB42C #DBC85A #E6D98C #F1E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DBC85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#DBC85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC85A

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC85A	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 200, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.132 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d88c',
    500: '#dbc85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc85a;
$custom-light: #e9d88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.163,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8274,
    "c": 0.13169,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC85A

secondary

#3C4A9D

accent

#34CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC85A

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

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