#DBC85E#DBC85E

#DBC85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.128 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC85E
RGB	rgb(219, 200, 94)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 57.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.28, -6.35, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.28, 54.82, 96.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.78% -0.0207 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(82.78% 0.128 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.8900, 57.1789, 18.8908)
Luminance	0.5718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC85E #5E71DB

analogous

#DB8A5E #DBC85E #B0DB5E

triadic

#DBC85E #5EDBC8 #C85EDB

tetradic

#DBC85E #5EDB8A #5E71DB #DB5EB0

square

#DBC85E #5EDB8A #5E71DB #DB5EB0

split-complementary

#DBC85E #5EB0DB #8A5EDB

monochromatic

#9C8923 #CEB62E #DBC85E #E6D990 #F1EAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DBC85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#DBC85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC85E

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC85E	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 200, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.128 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d88f',
    500: '#dbc85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc85e;
$custom-light: #e9d88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.88,
    "s": 63.452,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82784,
    "c": 0.1282,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC85E

secondary

#3D4CA0

accent

#35CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC85E

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

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