#DBC86A#DBC86A

#DBC86A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.117 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC86A
RGB	rgb(219, 200, 106)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 51.6%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.41, -5.39, 48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.41, 49.25, 96.29°)
OKLab	oklab(82.93% -0.0166 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(82.93% 0.117 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.4709, 57.4113, 21.9505)
Luminance	0.5741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC86A #6A7DDB

analogous

#DB8F6A #DBC86A #B5DB6A

triadic

#DBC86A #6ADBC8 #C86ADB

tetradic

#DBC86A #6ADB8F #6A7DDB #DB6AB5

square

#DBC86A #6ADB8F #6A7DDB #DB6AB5

split-complementary

#DBC86A #6AB5DB #8F6ADB

monochromatic

#A38E27 #CFB639 #DBC86A #E7DA9B #F3ECCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DBC86A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#DBC86A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC86A

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC86A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC86A	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C462

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc86a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 200, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.117 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d897',
    500: '#dbc86a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc86a;
$custom-light: #e8d897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc86a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.912,
    "s": 61.081,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82929,
    "c": 0.11701,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC86A

secondary

#4354A6

accent

#3AC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC86A

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

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