#DBC960#DBC960
#DBC960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.127 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #DBC960 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(219, 201, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 63%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 56%, 86%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 56.2%, 14.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.56, -6.71, 53.85) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.56, 54.27, 97.10°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.01% -0.0215 0.1255) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.01% 0.127 99.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(52.2133, 57.6800, 19.4471) |
| Luminance | 0.5768 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.77
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.73
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 5.15
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 5.60
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.66
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 6.42
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#DBC960 #6072DB
analogous
#DB8C60 #DBC960 #AFDB60
triadic
#DBC960 #60DBC9 #C960DB
tetradic
#DBC960 #60DB8C #6072DB #DB60AF
square
#DBC960 #60DB8C #6072DB #DB60AF
split-complementary
#DBC960 #60AFDB #8C60DB
monochromatic
#9D8B24 #CFB82F #DBC960 #E6DA92 #F2EBC4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.68
#DBC960 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.54
#DBC960 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #DBC960
12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##DBC960 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##DBC960 | 1.00 | 1.68 | 12.54 | 12.54 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.68 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.54 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.54 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC456
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DFCB65
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EABCB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C8C8C8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #dbc960; /* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 201, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.127 99.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#e9d990',
500: '#dbc960',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #dbc960; $custom-light: #e9d990; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#dbc960",
"rgb": {
"r": 219,
"g": 201,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.22,
"s": 63.077,
"l": 61.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83012,
"c": 0.12728,
"h": 99.7
},
"luminance": 0.57678
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#DBC960
secondary
#3E4DA1
accent
#34CB1B
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#16140D
muted
#85837F