#DBC861#DBC861

#DBC861 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.126 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC861
RGB	rgb(219, 200, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 55.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.31, -6.12, 53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.31, 53.45, 96.58°)
OKLab	oklab(82.82% -0.0197 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(82.82% 0.126 99)
XYZ	xyz(52.0272, 57.2338, 19.6136)
Luminance	0.5723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC861 #6174DB

analogous

#DB8B61 #DBC861 #B1DB61

triadic

#DBC861 #61DBC8 #C861DB

tetradic

#DBC861 #61DB8B #6174DB #DB61B1

square

#DBC861 #61DB8B #6174DB #DB61B1

split-complementary

#DBC861 #61B1DB #8B61DB

monochromatic

#9E8B24 #D0B72F #DBC861 #E6D993 #F2EBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DBC861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#DBC861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC861

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC861	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 200, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.126 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d891',
    500: '#dbc861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc861;
$custom-light: #e9d891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.656,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82818,
    "c": 0.1255,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.57232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC861

secondary

#3F4EA1

accent

#36CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC861

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

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