#DBC85D#DBC85D

#DBC85D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.129 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC85D
RGB	rgb(219, 200, 93)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 57.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, -6.42, 54.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 55.27, 96.67°)
OKLab	oklab(82.77% -0.021 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(82.77% 0.129 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.8454, 57.1611, 18.6561)
Luminance	0.5716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC85D #5D70DB

analogous

#DB895D #DBC85D #AFDB5D

triadic

#DBC85D #5DDBC8 #C85DDB

tetradic

#DBC85D #5DDB89 #5D70DB #DB5DAF

square

#DBC85D #5DDB89 #5D70DB #DB5DAF

split-complementary

#DBC85D #5DAFDB #895DDB

monochromatic

#9B8922 #CDB52E #DBC85D #E6D98F #F1EAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DBC85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#DBC85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC85D

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC85D	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)

#D9C352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 200, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.129 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d88e',
    500: '#dbc85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc85d;
$custom-light: #e9d88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.952,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82772,
    "c": 0.12909,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC85D

secondary

#3D4C9F

accent

#35CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC85D

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

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