#DBC86C#DBC86C

#DBC86C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.115 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC86C
RGB	rgb(219, 200, 108)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 50.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.43, -5.22, 48.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.43, 48.30, 96.20°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% -0.0158 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.115 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.5761, 57.4534, 22.5046)
Luminance	0.5745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC86C #6C7FDB

analogous

#DB916C #DBC86C #B7DB6C

triadic

#DBC86C #6CDBC8 #C86CDB

tetradic

#DBC86C #6CDB91 #6C7FDB #DB6CB7

square

#DBC86C #6CDB91 #6C7FDB #DB6CB7

split-complementary

#DBC86C #6CB7DB #916CDB

monochromatic

#A48F28 #CFB63B #DBC86C #E7DA9D #F3EDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DBC86C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#DBC86C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC86C

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC86C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC86C	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C464

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCB70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc86c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 200, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.115 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d898',
    500: '#dbc86c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc86c;
$custom-light: #e8d898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc86c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.73,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82955,
    "c": 0.11505,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC86C

secondary

#4455A8

accent

#3AC81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC86C

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

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