#DBC86D#DBC86D

#DBC86D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.114 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC86D
RGB	rgb(219, 200, 109)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 50.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.45, -5.13, 47.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.45, 47.82, 96.16°)
OKLab	oklab(82.97% -0.0155 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(82.97% 0.114 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.6297, 57.4748, 22.7865)
Luminance	0.5747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC86D #6D80DB

analogous

#DB916D #DBC86D #B7DB6D

triadic

#DBC86D #6DDBC8 #C86DDB

tetradic

#DBC86D #6DDB91 #6D80DB #DB6DB7

square

#DBC86D #6DDB91 #6D80DB #DB6DB7

split-complementary

#DBC86D #6DB7DB #916DDB

monochromatic

#A58F29 #CFB63C #DBC86D #E7DA9E #F3EDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DBC86D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#DBC86D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC86D

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC86D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC86D	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)

#D8C465

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCB71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc86d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 200, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.114 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d899',
    500: '#dbc86d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc86d;
$custom-light: #e8d899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc86d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.636,
    "s": 60.44,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82968,
    "c": 0.11406,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC86D

secondary

#4455A8

accent

#3BC81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC86D

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

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