#DBC85F#DBC85F

#DBC85F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.127 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC85F
RGB	rgb(219, 200, 95)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 56.6%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, -6.28, 54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 54.37, 96.63°)
OKLab	oklab(82.8% -0.0203 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(82.8% 0.127 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.9352, 57.1970, 19.1287)
Luminance	0.5719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC85F #5F72DB

analogous

#DB8A5F #DBC85F #B0DB5F

triadic

#DBC85F #5FDBC8 #C85FDB

tetradic

#DBC85F #5FDB8A #5F72DB #DB5FB0

square

#DBC85F #5FDB8A #5F72DB #DB5FB0

split-complementary

#DBC85F #5FB0DB #8A5FDB

monochromatic

#9C8A23 #CEB62E #DBC85F #E6D991 #F1EAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DBC85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#DBC85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC85F

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC85F	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)

#D9C355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 200, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.127 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d890',
    500: '#dbc85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc85f;
$custom-light: #e9d890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.806,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82795,
    "c": 0.1273,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC85F

secondary

#3E4DA0

accent

#36CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC85F

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

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