#DBC862#DBC862

#DBC862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.125 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC862
RGB	rgb(219, 200, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 55.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.32, -6.05, 52.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.32, 52.99, 96.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.83% -0.0193 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(82.83% 0.125 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.0742, 57.2526, 19.8608)
Luminance	0.5725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC862 #6275DB

analogous

#DB8C62 #DBC862 #B1DB62

triadic

#DBC862 #62DBC8 #C862DB

tetradic

#DBC862 #62DB8C #6275DB #DB62B1

square

#DBC862 #62DB8C #6275DB #DB62B1

split-complementary

#DBC862 #62B1DB #8C62DB

monochromatic

#9E8B24 #D0B730 #DBC862 #E6D994 #F2EBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DBC862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#DBC862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC862

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC862	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)

#D9C358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 200, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.125 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d892',
    500: '#dbc862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc862;
$custom-light: #e9d892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.579,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8283,
    "c": 0.12459,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC862

secondary

#3F4FA2

accent

#37CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC862

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

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