#DBC85C#DBC85C

#DBC85C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.130 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC85C
RGB	rgb(219, 200, 92)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 58%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, -6.50, 55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 55.72, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.0213 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.13 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.8014, 57.1435, 18.4243)
Luminance	0.5714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC85C #5C6FDB

analogous

#DB885C #DBC85C #AEDB5C

triadic

#DBC85C #5CDBC8 #C85CDB

tetradic

#DBC85C #5CDB88 #5C6FDB #DB5CAE

square

#DBC85C #5CDB88 #5C6FDB #DB5CAE

split-complementary

#DBC85C #5CAEDB #885CDB

monochromatic

#9A8822 #CDB52D #DBC85C #E6D98E #F1EAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DBC85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#DBC85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC85C

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC85C	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 200, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.130 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d88e',
    500: '#dbc85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc85c;
$custom-light: #e9d88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.024,
    "s": 63.819,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82761,
    "c": 0.12996,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC85C

secondary

#3D4B9F

accent

#34CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC85C

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

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