#DBC85B#DBC85B

#DBC85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.131 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC85B
RGB	rgb(219, 200, 91)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 58.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.25, -6.57, 55.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.25, 56.17, 96.72°)
OKLab	oklab(82.75% -0.0216 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(82.75% 0.131 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.7580, 57.1261, 18.1956)
Luminance	0.5712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC85B #5B6EDB

analogous

#DB885B #DBC85B #AEDB5B

triadic

#DBC85B #5BDBC8 #C85BDB

tetradic

#DBC85B #5BDB88 #5B6EDB #DB5BAE

square

#DBC85B #5BDB88 #5B6EDB #DB5BAE

split-complementary

#DBC85B #5BAEDB #885BDB

monochromatic

#9A8822 #CCB42D #DBC85B #E6D98D #F1EABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DBC85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#DBC85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC85B

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC85B	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)

#D9C350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 200, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.131 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d88d',
    500: '#dbc85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc85b;
$custom-light: #e9d88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.094,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82751,
    "c": 0.13083,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC85B

secondary

#3C4B9E

accent

#34CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC85B

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

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